The Importance Of Birth Control Pill

Through all the trials she experienced as a nurse, she wanted to take a stand and help women to give them a right to choose if they want a child or not. In order for her to get her idea across and help women, she needed to educate people. She believed that she had to get her point across on how birth control can impact lives and make it better because it will help bring the birth rate down and give women more freedom. Her journey to educate people involved a variety of strategies. She was writing books and newspaper, gave speeches, and traveled everywhere to make it popular and get people’s

Throughout human history many inventions have came to be, most of which, were extremely useful. The first example of a very useful invention would be birth control which has prevented thousands of unwanted and even harmful pregnancies. Since being invented, firearms have also taken many lives in order to keep other people safe and healthy. The wheel is very important to everyone today because although it was first used as a child's toy, it is now used to transport food, people, and other products all over the world. Another extremely important invention was the antibiotic, penicillin which has fought off billions of infections throughout the past eighty-eight years since it was first discovered. Soap has also helped in the fight against infections

Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy. It is also an effective way to help women reduce acne, make periods regular, and easing menstrual cramps. The ones who are less informed about sex or birth control are teenagers, who usually have to deal with consequences and pay a big price for that. That’s way it is very important to inform our society, especially teenagers about sex, sexual transmitted diseases, birth control and more. A famous quote by Sun Tzu says, “If you know the enemy and yourself, you will never fear the result of hundred battles”. Not knowing the consequences and not being informed may lead to many problems. In our case, a teenager who was not informed about sex, condoms, birth control may end up pregnant or with sexual transmitted disease.

Birth control pills are a simple, safe, and convenient way to prevent pregnancy, up to 99.9% of the time, when taken correctly. Besides preventing pregnancy, the pill has lots of other health benefits too such as reducing or preventing: menstrual cramps, acne, cysts in the breast and ovaries, endometrial and ovarian cancers, and iron deficiency. Many teenage girls may take the pill for their health; many may take it to prevent unwanted pregnancy; and many may take it for both those reasons. Nonetheless, the pill is a form of freedom for women, especially in teenagers. It gives them the right to control their own body. Despite it being an awkward and taboo subject, sex is normal. Most teens who get pregnant didn't plan on it. Of course, the

Due to unintended pregnancy becoming a rapidly increasing occurrence in the United States, it is imperative to analyze the circumstances leading up to the pregnancy. According to Finer & Zolna ( as cited in Ayoola,Zandee, Johnson, & Pennings, 2014) in 2006 almost one half of all pregnancies in the United states were unintended. The risk for having an unintended pregnancy increases when there is contraceptive failure or effective contraceptives are not used ( Ayoola et al., 2014). Women who have less education and a lower income are more likely to misuse contraception or engage in contraceptive non use ( Ayoola et al., 2014). Ayoola et al’s research study in 2014 set out to display an overview of contraceptive use in low income women who lived in medically

Some women think that taking birth control pills is putting your name on a list for breast cancer. This study is not to clear that every type causes breast cancer. Studies have shown that most if not all of birth control pills are not linked to breast cancer. In fact, the pill can actually help prevent some cancers including ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. On the other side of things if the pill is taken over a long period of time it can be linked to cervical and liver cancer. The body needs about two to three months to adjust to the pill. This is when doctors advise no sexual activity because the women is not fully protected. Less then one out of one hundred women taking the pill get pregnant. This survey was done on women that take

This allows families to better plan and prepare for a child in such a way that the child has adequate opportunities of life and personal growth, as do other members of a family. In this way, decreasing birth rates and population to “raise per capita incomes” in combination with “delaying parenthood, even for just a year or two, could allow soon-to-be parents to get more education, work, experience, and job training to increase their lifetime earnings” (Enke 798 and Bailey et al. 318). Such an understanding of the moral knowledge received in recognizing how economic strains of a large population can limit human dignity is essential in a moral person’s acceptance of birth control. Birth control and its federal coverage help families who struggle to afford basic necessities let alone a child to have access to contraceptives that will help them financially. This has been shown in studies where “individuals born after family planning programs began were 4.2% less likely to live in poverty in childhood and were 2.4% less likely to live in poverty as adults” (Bailey et al.

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 use 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 one, to prevent unwanted pregnancies (“Benefits & Advantages of Birth Control”, N.P) and lastly it will help them have a better life through education (“Birth Control Has Expanded Opportunity”, 1-2). But, many times adolescent girls can’t use them because they lack their parents’ consent. There are many negative myths about birth control that cause parents not allowing their daughters to take any form of them. Due to that, people use false information to decide their choice about adolescent girls being on birth control. Should adolescent girls that are a proper age (15-17) need their parents’ consent? There are a series of benefits to using birth control and adolescent girls should have the right to purchase them without the consent of their parents.

Though it plays a part in it, Alia Hyod wrote an article,“Birth Control and Abortion”, to demonstrate the hypocracy of Planned Parenthood's article, “5 Ways to Prevent Abortion”, because half of Planned Parenthood's health center funds is from providing abortions. Hyod states “pregnant women who come to Planned Parenthood for counseling, almost 98% have abortions. Two percent receive prenatal care. Less than half of one percent are referred for adoption”(4-6). Birth control is not absolute. According to Hyod, “Planned Parenthood estimates that 2-9% of pill users will get pregnant in any given year and 15-24% of condom users will still wind up with an unplanned pregnancy”(15). In the article, Abby Johnson, a director of Planned Parenthood, admits that she became pregnant three times while using a contraceptive(17). Also, in the article, Planned Parenthood states that the only absolute contraceptive is abstinence(16). Hyod shares Ann Freuri's comment on birth control at a debate in 2008 saying, “We live in a society where we know contraception fails. In the real world, out of women who are using the pill well, about 8 in every 100 will get pregnant in the course of a year…”(12). Women need to know the truth about contraceptives and think more carefully before the have intercourse; and there needs to programs that will support and help women with their extenuating circumstances instead of recommending them for an abortion

Since the invention of contraceptive methods, scientists have been looking for methods to benefit the process of birth control. We have found some ways in controlling conception and providing women the benefit of either taking an oral dose, injectable dose, or having outpatient surgical procedures that prevents pregnancy either indefinitely or for an extension of several years at a time. In this project, I will discuss if the oral type of birth control is beneficial and if the adverse effects are evident enough to compel the cessation of such preventative methods.

Should birth control be accessible to women? Should birth control be covered by insurance? There are many public debates covering the topic of birth control. Some of these debates cover which methods of contraception are the most effective ways at obtaining couple’s reproductive plans, while other debates include whether or not insurance should cover the cost of contraceptive, also the short and long term effects, how to increase use of birth control among sexually active individuals, and there are still questions over why there are so many methods that focus on women being fertile and compare those to people who focus on men’s fertility. Being able to control women's fertility affects the wellbeing of society by providing strategies and

Birth control is a vital necessity in the 21st century for various reason. This paper is about taking a proactive stance for birth control, sex education and condoms, before conception mainly to promote a healthy society. It is needed more responsibly in the 21st century for a healthier society to thrive and grow at a rate that is not explosive. Birth control is not a new subject in matter compared to the 18th and 19th century methods which was rarely discussed but practiced and abstinence just was a topic of behavior in the 18th to the 20th century as the 21st century moral majority would like us to believe.

Poor access to contraceptives translates directly to high unintended pregnancy rate which in turn leads to poor health outcomes for women and children. United States has the highest infant mortality rate among all first world countries. Teen pregnancies in turn contribute immensely to this high infant mortality as a

Birth control and the decisions surrounding the topic are highlighted in present day society. While some people outright support the use of contraceptives, others do not. Some celebrity women are open with their opinions on birth control pills, such as Bella Thorne, who is against birth control, and Lena Dunham who supports it. Society is being confronted with ethical views and arguments about oral contraceptives, but many of the uses of birth control pills are overlooked in the clash. Birth control has a positive effect in helping with the treatment of conditions and ailments.

In this paper I will argue that female birth control should be covered by all private health insurance in the U.S. I chose this statement because after coming to college and befriending many women very passionate about this issue, I have become increasingly invested as well. This issue is especially pertinent in the current political climate, which is why my target audience for this paper is the U.S Congress. The Trump administration is moving to roll back the birth control mandate, and create a loophole in which insurers and employers have the ability to refuse to provide no-cost birth control coverage due to religious or moral beliefs. Currently, only 28 states require insurance plans to cover contraceptives, and 20 of these states allow certain employers and insurers to refuse to comply with the mandate. Additionally, these regulations do not apply to the 61% of workers with self-funded plans, and exclude 15% of large firms (Sobel 2017; Guttmacher 2017). Denying women access to contraception is a social justice issue that has larger impacts on female equality. Birth control is used for much more than safe sex and it is evident from its ability to increase women’s quality of life and life opportunities, decrease health insurance costs, and reduce unplanned pregnancies that both women and society benefit from insurance coverage of female contraception.