Birth Control has been a topic of debate for years. Nevertheless, several issues and opinions arise when talking about it. Birth Control was first released in the form of a pill in 1960. Since then birth control has evolved into several different forms, including pills, patches, implants, injections, and sponges. As stated by the Guttmacher Institute, “more than 43 million women of reproductive age are sexually active and want to prevent pregnancy, as of October 2015. Among these women who do not
Birth Control Over the Counter Birth control has been the topic of discussion lately. Individuals have been debating if birth control should be able to be received over the counter. That is up to the Food and Drug Administration because they are the ones who have to approve or disapprove. Drug companies and law makers should work together to change the rules and allow woman and teenage girls to have more easily acces to acquire birth control. Making birth control over the counter will be helpful
asked my dad if he was okay with me going on birth control. Naturally he thought the worst, but that had nothing to do with why I wanted it. The reason that most female teens think about birth control is because of premenstrual syndrome -- a condition which causes migraines, cramps, and mood swings. Many people, like my father, disapprove of teens using birth control for moral and/ or religious reasons. Parents do not want their children to have birth control because they often feel that it is inappropriate
not hear much about, such as birth control. Although birth control does not have as many conversations out there about it, it is still a very important part of a women’s health because there are so many women, young and old, who are using it in the world. For many, birth control is used to prevent pregnancy, but for others it is used for different reasons. Some women use birth control in regards to other problems they may have with their health. So not all birth control is used to prevent pregnancies
Birth control Birth control was first invented in the 1960s and married women were the only ones allowed to use it, mainly to prevent pregnancy. It wasn’t until 1972 when the Supreme Court legalized birth control to everyone (“A Brief History of Birth Control in the U.S.”, N.P). Today, many women utilize birth control for many reasons, not just to prevent pregnancy. Birth control can be used for a number of things, such as help with their menstrual cycle, help and/or prevent acne, the most popular
Introduction Birth control is becoming a very controversial topic in today’s society. Although some forms of birth control have been around for thousands of years, those that are most familiar to us have been practiced since the late 1950’s. People’s views and beliefs on birth control have changed dramatically. According to the Birth control pill facts sheet, “About five women out of the one hundred using this method for one year will get pregnant” (2014, p. 4). This illustrates that although birth control
Birth control is the act of preventing pregnancy. There is many methods of birth control like the pill, shot and birth implant. There is many benefits and disadvantages of birth control that teenagers don’t understand and some do. There is so many people in the world that can help teenagers get their knowledge about birth control from a doctor, parents and even by just reading on the internet about birth control. Birth control hasn’t promoted naive behavior, should be allowed to purchase birth control
they lack the funding necessary for birth control. While women still fight to get birth control covered by insurance, men’s Viagra is covered under most health insurance companies since 1998. Opposers of birth control will always be there, but the facts of this matter out weigh any claim they have. Birth control can be used not only to help prevent unexpected pregnancies, treat serious illness, treat acne, reduce the risk of cancer, and also to help women who could be at risk for heart problems or
Accessible Birth Control in the United States A total of 730,322 abortions were reported from the Centers for Disease Control in 2011. This could easily be resolved with proper usage of birth control. But the fact of the matter is that only 62% of women are actually using proper birth control, now this may seem like a lot of women, but there is 158.6 million women in the United States alone so 58.5 million are currently not on any birth control which is a huge amount of women. Birth control needs
2015 Moral Objections to Birth Control Coverage As human beings, we get involved in sexual relationships. When it comes to topics of sex a lot of people have their right and wrong reasons. Birth control is a controversial concept in which individuals in sexual relationships deal with on a daily basis. A person with more religious and moral values will say birth control is unacceptable depending on the religion. Not all religions are anti birth control. Birth control is a major controversy