The Effects Of Oral Contraception On Women 's Life

For over 50 years birth control has been available to women but only through prescription. There are many women that don’t have health insurance, aren’t able to go to a clinic, or are too young and don’t have parental permission, hindering those who want to receive a prescription for birth control. Most people can easily access male/female condoms at nearly any local store. You can even purchase a “morning after” pill, known as Plan B, without a prescription. So why not sell oral contraceptives to women over the counter? Selling birth control over the counter can better help provide many health benefits for women, decrease teen pregnancy and abortion rates, and even save taxpayers money.

Over the counter birth control pills have been a topic of discussion for many women. Some might say it would pose many risks such as not receiving medical checkups and not knowing the side effects of birth control pills. Others may see it as a helpful to women because of the convenience of accessing the pills and not having to take time to schedule appointments. Additionally, due to health care and insurance policies some women might not have an easy access to birth control pills but the cost should not be a factor. Although over the counter birth control would allow an easier access for women, there are reasons why a doctor’s visit and a prescription are required to receive birth control pills.

Over the centuries, women have tried a number of methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Some of the pregnancy control measures that existed before the invention of the pill included abstinence and withdrawal. Unfortunately, such methods often failed to prevent unintended pregnancies. As such, birth control advocates continued researching for effective birth control methods. Americans did not meet the idea of birth control methods with enthusiasm. In fact, those who advocated the use of birth control devices experienced challenges, including being jailed.

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 to be free and accessible, because the benefits of having women on birth control easily outweigh any of the cons that may come. My goal for this paper is to talk about the pros of having free and accessible birth control, which would be lower abortion rate, lower teenage pregnancy rate, and the many health benefits. I will also touch on the opposing side of this argument, which will be that, it will be too expensive, that abstinence is key, and that if birth control became free and accessible women would no longer go the doctor.

Birth control has been a controversial topic since the 1960’s, when the pill arose on the scene and gained popularity. Men and women of certain religious faiths have sought to prevent other women from using birth control. However, most women want to be able to choose when the time is right for them to have a child. This is why birth control is essential, because it allows women and couples in general the freedom to choose and plan their families. In many cases the need to control women by controlling their access to birth control goes all the way to the federal government. The federal government determines what types of birth control are allowed on the market and who has access to them. Some Presidential administrations look more kindly

The first reason birth control pills should be available without a prescription is that other countries allow women to purchase birth control pills without a prescription. Nations like China, Russia, and Greece have made birth control pills

The Center for Disease Control conducted a study on contraceptive use; their findings concluded “four out of five women have used birth control pills” during one point of their lives (Basset). Birth control pills have been around for over six decades, and their popularity has significantly increased during the past decade. Thousands of sexually-active women are turning to birth control pills as a way to prevent unplanned pregnancy, regulate periods, and to control acne. Nonetheless, birth control pills are synthetic hormones that influence the female body in severe ways. In fact, doctors and media are not presenting the menaces of consuming birth control pills in women; instead, they disguise the risks with commercials of synchronized

Last Tuesday, advisors to the Food and Drug administration voted to make the "morning-after" pill available over-the-counter (1). The FDA has not yet acted on this recommendation (1). The morning-after pill is the vernacular term for emergency contraception, specifically, two pills with the commercial name, "Plan B", which have the ability to inhibit and, depending on one's perspective, possibly to terminate unwanted pregnancies. The FDA approved the first version of the morning-after pill for prescription use in 1998 (1). The issue today is whether it should be available without a prescription.

Birth control should not only be allowed to be bought through prescriptions, birth control is needed by many teens and young women and should be able to be purchased over the counter. Many teens and young women do not have insurance and cannot get the birth control they need, with that being said, this is a major reason the pill should be sold over the counter. Many women are getting pregnant, having problems with their period, and other health related problems due to not having birth control to help them. Statistics show that 53% of teenage girls and young women use birth control. This percent of teens use the pill for many different reasons. These reasons can vary and are all very important to each women. The pill is very important and many underestimate this pill. This pill plays a very important role in a women's health and for that reason, this pill should be available without having a prescription or insurance.

In today’s society, there seems to be younger teens engaging in sexual activity and it would be good to know that they have the pill available as a backup plan. This would let them know that if they do happen to have unprotected sex they know that they have an easy and safe option that would prevent a pregnancy. It is always nice to have this reassurance. The bills that have been proposed to allow this to happen have stated that if they are younger than seventeen, they need to have a prescription. This is not a bad proposal at all, it is smart and reasonable, but it continues to get rejected. Bills that proposed to allow fifteen year olds to get a hold of Plan B have all failed except for one in 2013. Alexander Otto, author of the article "Plan B One-Step now OTC for women 16 years old". Just by the title it means that Plan B can be bought by young teens as long as they have a form of identification, this was finally approved by the

According to Professor Janet E. Smith, “98% of all women ages 15-44 have used some type of birth control.” Birth control is not something most women think hard about taking. In today’s society, many people rather take the easy way out of most situations. Instead of dealing with short term pain they rather seize it immediately without paying attention to the long-term effects. Birth Control is used for many different reasons such as preventing pregnancy, clearing acne and stopping heavy blood flow. Once women see what good it does for them they do not even pay attention to the bad, which is where those long-term effects come in. Some harmful side effects of birth control are weight gain, heavy bleeding, and Osteoporosis. Just like any other medication it can be helpful and harmful but in this case birth control is more harmful to a woman’s body than it is helpful.

In 1873 the U.S. Congress passed the Comstock laws, making all forms of contraception illegal. These laws remained active until 1965. With the way things are going lately all the progress women have made may revert back to these times in history. “About 55 million women have directly benefited from no-cost birth control, according to an Obama administration report released last year.” Another study also estimated that women saved an average of 1.4 million dollars in 2013. The Trump administration says that women have affordable contraceptive options should employers stop providing coverage, and that several government programs provide free or subsidized contraception for low-income women. But women’s health advocates say that program is already underfunded, as well as Trump’s plan to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood would further corrode access to affordable birth control.

Within the pro-choice world there are many issues that are discussed like abortion, the instant where life begins and the use of contraceptives. This article will focus on not only the issue of using of contraceptives, but specifically the distribution of oral contraceptives (“the pill”) to teenage girls without their parent’s consent.

Women may experience some side effects such as irregular menstrual bleeding, nausea, headaches, dizziness, and breast tenderness and mood changes. Some of these side effects improve over the first 3 months on the Pill. The Pill also has some side effects that most women do not mind. It usually makes periods lighter, reduces cramps, and is often prescribed for women who have menstrual problems. Taking the Pill often improves acne, and some doctors prescribe it for this purpose. Birth control pills have also been found to protect against some forms of breast disease, anemia, ovarian cysts, and ovarian and endometrial

Two pt verifier name/dob confirmed. Pt states that in July she got the nexplanon implant. Since then she's had irregular bleeding and spotting. Pt states that her cycle can on at the begin of the month is currently on. Pt denies heavy bleeding, clotting, lightheaded, dizziness, SOB, and feeling fatigue. Menses is very light. Pt states that she was informed that she may have irregluar bleeding; if this occur she can be start on an oral birth control. Pt is requesting an oral birth control. Infomed the pt that I will let her provider know and call her with recommendations. Pt agrees and verbalized