The Pros And Cons Of Birth Control

Women have been using birth control methods for over thousands of years. Today, we have various effective birth control methods available to woman. Such as the pill, patch, shot, or IUD. Birth control is a safe way to prevent pregnancy. You can purchase birth control at your doctor’s office, planned parenthood, a clinic, or a public health care provider. They will first discuss your medical history with you, then check your blood pressure and finally you will discuss which birth control method is right for you, and they will send you on your way with your prescription. Birth control can be purchased at your local drugstore and costs up to 50 dollars. In a lot of cases though, young girls and even older women cannot afford or access these types of birth control. There are concerns about being unemployed which results in no income coming in for birth control, lack of health insurance the woman may have and whether or not the woman can afford having a child, even more during an economic crisis. By having women’s birth control free it will not only decrease the chances of abortion, help women financially , help with women’s menstrual cycle, and also by lowering the teen pregnancy rate, and having them have the power to decide when they want to have children. Many people can argue that the government shouldn’t have to provide another free service and that the cost

When people hear birth control, automatically, negative thoughts come into their head. This is an issue women face for taking it or even showing support. People assume they know all about birth control but in reality they don’t. This typically comes from men when it affects them as well. Men don’t know what women do to prevent a pregnancy which is not right. Men and women should be educated on what birth control is, how it affects both parties, and what happens to a woman's body while taking it.

Who in here has heard of or even know what the term birth control is? According to medicinenet.com, birth control is the use of any practices, methods, or devices to prevent pregnancy from occuring in sexually active women. Today, I will be talking about a couple of methods of birth control which include: the pill, the patch, and the implant. Another method I will be talking to you about isn’t always considered a form of birth control, but it actually is; condoms. My goal today is to not only inform you of the many birth controls but to also encourage you to look at the pros and the cons of every method if you are using contraception. Birth control is a very broad topic with many alternatives which can impact your lifestyle in many ways, therefore you should consider these alternatives before applying any form of contraceptive into your body and find the method that works best for you.

Birth control should not be allowed for teens because of the cost. According to Planned Parenthood, “Birth control can cost from $0-50 and that does not include the doctor price/visit,” (Where Can I Buy Birth Control Pills & How Much Do They Cost). Not everyone has the money to pay for birth control on their own so not everyone can afford it. Erin Gloria Ryan stated, “The high cost of birth control has prompted 25% of women who make less than $75,000 per year to put off going to the doctor. About 29% of women in the same income range have used their birth control method incorrectly in an attempt to try to make it last longer,” (Actually, Birth Control's Pretty Expensive). Lots of women are not using their birth control the right way due to trying to make it last longer since they can't really afford it so much. Some people think that birth control is a form of abortion. This prevents having a fertilized egg even though this is not what birth control is used for it helps this process. They also say birth control is unnatural and interferes with conceiving a child. They're trying to say that birth control interferes with the world's natural order ruining the cycle of conceiving a child. Although the core of this argument seems valid, it has a mistake in it's logic. Birth control should be allowed for teens so that not so many teen girls are dropping out of school early due to unwanted or unplanned

Women below the age of 18 should be allowed access to birth control. Women should have access to birth control to avoid unwanted pregnancy; this is especially true for underage women. Almost “half of U.S. pregnancies are unintended” (Rettner). The number of underage and unplanned pregnancies is outrageous. In 2014 in the United States, there were “249,078 babies born to females” between the ages of fifteen to nineteen years of age (Trends). The number of underage pregnancies would be decreased if all females were allowed access to birth control. Utah has an organization that helps women understand and get help with birth control called HER. Their goal is to provide “birth control to 7,000 women” in Utah for free (Hatch). In Colorado “free IUDs” have been provided to women (Hatch). These options should be provided to females all over the United States. If all women had access to Birth control, there would be many fewer underage and unplanned pregnancies. “Selling birth control over the counter” comes with many risks (Rettner). Like all prescription drugs, this drug comes with many side effects. There is also the concern about females who should not or are not allowed to take the drug because of health

There are numerous questions and concerns about birth control and whether women or men should be forced to use it or not. There was an article that had more details about how people felt about birth control. The article was called, The Mortality of Birth Control by Margaret Sanger. There are multiple sides about the effects of birth control, but the main one is the morals. “When someone refers to moral(s) they are referring to human conduct” (Sanger, pg. 559). If someone were to have high moral standards they respect things such as, no sex before marriage, or they respect their parents. Low moral standards would mean not respecting your parents or filling a tax form dishonestly. If women were to have birth control some may believe it would

To begin with, birth control should be a woman's right, no matter what. Women have been fighting for the right to even get birth control. For decades, women have been fighting for contraceptives that they would control. With the introduction of the birth control pill to the market in 1960, women could for the first time deter pregnancy by their

By allowing women to maintain their right to have free access to birth control, it not only prevents unwanted pregnancies but it also protects women who suffer from reproductive issues, by lessening the side effects of their conditions. If that right were to be revoked or taken away, it would put reproductive health care system back into the dark ages. Maintaining the right to have free access to birth control and other reproductive health services protects not only ourselves, but future generations from the pain and heartache that happens because of lack of preventative and emergency reproductive services.

“By 2014, the teen birth rate had fallen to an historic low of 24.2 live births per one thousand females aged fifteen–nineteen” (Birth Control 1). Alice had been feeling ill the past couple of weeks, she didn’t think anything of it until it was the second week she had been feeling ill. After school one day she went to the store and bought a home pregnancy test, when she took it, it was positive. All of the issues of telling her parents she was pregnant could have been avoided if birth control was available without parental consent. Birth control should be available to teenagers without parental consent because teenagers have a right to their privacy, it’s used for other reasons than safe sex, and not having access to it could put their health at risk.

Birth Control is a global contraceptive that has been in use for more than 50 years. When Birth Control first came about in 1960 it was approved for married couples only, now over 10 million women married or single use this method. Most women complain about the harsh side effects of birth control but they rather put up with them before they risk having an unplanned pregnancy. Side effects such as weight gain and mood changes play a major role in the decision of birth control use. There is a saying that says, “If you knew better you would do better” most women do not even know better so they

Every time young women pops a birth control pill, some will not think about the disadvantage ways that it will damaged their body. When people think about pills, they think about various of ideas going around their minds, and this pill can incapacitate women or teenager’s bodies. It is prescribed usually to teenage girls, therefore about 80% of them that had experienced sexually have used it. Almost 750,000 teenage girls get pregnant every year before the age of 20. “This resulted approximately 425,000 births, 215,000 abortions, and 110,000 miscarriages according to Statistics of Teen Pregnancy. About 10.6 million women are using it right now (Jones). There are women and teenage girls secretly taking them without thinking the consequences that

Birth control has many benefits other than just for being sexually active. Birth control has plenty of hidden benefits that many people often do not take into consideration. For example Acne can be cured by birth control. Acne is a struggle that many teen girls have to deal with for a majority of their life. “Some women use birth control to reduce acne. Because the pill keeps hormone levels steady the oil glands produce less, which leads to more clear of skin,” (Radman). Based on analysis concluded by Knowledgeable and well named

While some speakers on the issue argue their side with the perspective of the students and teens in mind others focus on the parents and how their perspectives relate to the issue. Helium.com presently has a poll and debate occurring that allows the public to review multiple arguments from both sides of the debate, and then vote “Yes” or “No” on the issue of teens receiving birth control at school. Jeannie Kerns, a mother of seven children, says that it’s in the best interest of the teen, and their parents, to allow them to have the option to decide for themselves if they require “the pill”. She supports her argument by informing the reader, no matter how strongly parents push for their children to abstain from sex they’ll most likely engage in it anyway. She closes her argument by asking why parents wouldn’t

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.

To start, many adolescent girls experience irregular and/or heavy menstrual periods that come with menstrual cramps. Some also experience hormone imbalances and taking birth control can help regulate those