The Pros And Cons Of Birth Control

Women spend over 37 million dollars on birth control annually, making it one of the most prescribed drugs on the market. 10,540,000 women are currently on some type of orally ingested birth control. Although only a few side effects are harmful, there are some rare cases of death from birth control. 23 women in the United States died from the common birth control pill, Yaz or Yasmin, just in this past year. So how safe are women that take this?

We live in a democracy. Every four years the people of America have the opportunity of voting for someone who best represents their political views and who they feel is best fit to run our country. Whoever is elected into office, has the power of implementing policies and regulations to help run the country smoother. Under the Obama administration, birth control is covered by all insurance companies with exceptions. However, under Trump 's administration they are making plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that has the potential of not allowing full or partial coverage of birth control. This an issue that has plagued the woman’s community whose intentions of contractive use is not solely based off of the reason, to try and

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

Affordable reproductive health care is hard to find for low-income women, and many people feel that without Planned Parenthood women will have no care at all. Another problem according to the article “Planned Parenthood and the Next Generation of Feminist Activists”, the younger generation Americans do not “want to be labeled. They don’t like being singularly defined by their political party, or their sexual orientation, or their views on abortion” (Laguens 188). The younger generation simply do not want to identify as “pro-choice” or

The article “Republicans Aim to End Birth Control Benefit in Last-Minute Obamacare Repeal Push (Update)” supports Cohens article and idea. Cohen repeats the same idea in the article, that opponents of birth control have a possibility of changing the easy accessibility of birth control. Christine Grimaldi includes insights from Janel George, the director of federal rights and health, “Unfortunately, it would return us to a time where a woman’s access to birth control or her access to the coverage she needs would depend upon her zip code, George said in a phone interview” (Grimaldi, par.11). “Republicans Aim to End Birth Control Benefit in Last-Minute Obamacare Repeal Push (Update)” shows the credibility of

Debates are ongoing in the United States as more laws and restrictions are implemented on reproductive care. In 2014 there was a heated debate on whether there should be a mandated coverage for birth control on health insurance plans. According to a survey by the University of Michigan Health System, 69% of adults in the United States support this requirement in health insurance plans and the people who oppose this requirement is less than 10%. There have been other laws made by states recently that are affecting birth control and abortions. For example, a regulation implemented by the Iowa Board of Medicine requires a physician to be physically present when providing a medication abortion; therefore, affecting patients that live in rural area and can not go to the clinics. Such laws on reproductive health care, specifically birth control and abortions, are affecting the access and choices women have. Laws are created to protect rights and choices; therefore, these laws should be created with the intention of protecting women’s rights and choices not hindering them.

The insurance companies instead would be required to offer women the contraception care at no charge. When the policy was in effect, it became more affordable for women. According to research, the number of women who paid for contraceptives out of pocket went from 21% to 3% when the Affordable Care Act contraceptive provision became effective (Ranji, Salganicoff, Sobel, & Rosenzweig, 2017). While birth control costs gone down from the ACA, contraceptive use has not increased significantly (Petulla, 2017). A study found that the use of contraceptives rose during the passage of Obamacare but has returned to the same levels before the law was initiated. From 2006-2010, 50% of women ages 20 to 25 were using a prescribed form of birth control. When the policy was applied, during 2011-2013, the percentage rose to 89%, but by 2013-2016 the percentage of women using birth control decreased to 55% (Riddell, Taylor, & Alford, 2017). According to Petulla (2017), most women who use birth control are for its health benefits, not just because of preventive care. There were religious organizations who were not happy with Obama’s mandate. According to Green (2015), the Little Sisters of the Poor filed a complaint against ACA’s contraceptive mandate in 2013. The Sisters, religious charities, and colleges joined together and claimed that the law placed a burden on their free

Throughout research and surveys professionals have supported the idea of making birth control available to all women. In “Planned Parenthood: Ideas for the 1980s” Carl W. Tyler proposes his four ideas for Planned Parenthood. His four ideas are reproductive choice, reproduction free of risk, the quality of parenting, and freedom from harm. Carl is a physician specializing in gynecology and in obstetrics for 15 years. His idea of “All individuals of reproductive age should be free to determine the number and timing of their pregnancies if they choose to have any.” Carl’s argument helps me justify my argument of making birth control available to any woman of any age. The next source I came across is by John Thomas, John is a senior editor at

The text combines hard evidence and constructed arguments. The site titled Health Care & Reproductive Rights claims that “Health care is key to women’s well being and economic stability. We’ve got to make sure the new health care law keeps working for women - and that politicians cease their relentless attacks on reproductive care.” Then the page displays five sections titled: “Abortion,” “Birth Control,” “Health Care,” “Medicaid & Medicare,” “Pregnancy & Parenting.” Each of the sections contains a short summary of the content that would be found on the link attached to the section, where the linked page would elaborate on the topic. Below the five sections there is a “Health Care & Reproductive Resources” section. Then the third section has three rhetoric filled images about reproductive rights and healthcare. One Of the images said, “Women deserve birth control without co-pays, no matter where they work,” the next said, “More than 90% of women and girls have health insurance coverage” and the final said, “Experts in Action: Gretchen Borchelt Vice President for Health and Reproductive Right ‘We don’t think a woman's right to choose should depend on her ZIP code’ National Journal.” (National Women’s Law

Contraception is a critical issue for women of all ages and social class because the decision to have a baby impacts a woman’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Contraception is also very costly and is an expense that a woman primarily shoulders. Not every employer’s health insurance plan provides benefits for prescription contraceptives and devices. A personal survey of 50 adults with varying types of insurance plans, asked if their health insurance plans provided coverage for birth control, Viagra, or abortion. Everyone surveyed maintain that his plan provides coverage for Viagra, a sexual enhancement drug, and abortion. The same survey showed that 26% of the insurance plans do not provide benefits for Food and Drug

Health care has drastically changed throughout the years, especially for women. Areas that have experienced trouble have been Planned Parenthood, and whether or not birth control should be included in insurance and/or provided by healthcare agencies or employers. Planned Parenthood has been getting attacked because of people who do not believe abortion is a morally conscious decision. Planned Parenthood helps women who are unable to afford the care they need while pregnant, teaches safe sex, and provides adequate health care to mean and women in general. Being able to obtain and use birth control is essential for women’s health and ability to plan and control their own lives. The main issue is that multiple insurance companies, politicians, and even employers are trying to prevent women from reciving this healthcare, and also trying to avoid having to provide it for them. Some insurance companies try to cheat the system find loop holes in laws requiring employers to provide necessary healthcare to their employees. They are mainly trying to cut off women’s ability to have birth control funded. These are just two out of several major issues in women’s healthcare that will be discussed throughout this informative essay.

America has always been open minded to almost every ethical issue that becomes a problem to the public. The president Donald Trump, and his administration have encountered the problem of either taking away or keeping birth control. The Trump administration has suggested this on October of 2017, many groups of women were opposing to this decision, clarifying it that it would impact them negatively for those who rely on contraception provided by their insurance. Women have relied on contraception for years, giving them the opportunity to accomplish things before having children. Many women want to wait to have children, have a career that they can finish, be in a better financial status, but most of all find the right

Even though birth control issues remain as a controversial topic from the early 18th century to now, the debate between Margaret Sanger and Winter Russel on the pros and cons of providing information about birth control strategies for the public was a foundation stone for today’s family planning policies and regulation of transmission of venereal disease in the United States of America. It is important to note that although in 1920 information about birth control strategies were banned from reaching the public, because of religious believes, it was this ban that helped create an awareness about the issue and created more birth control movements. The main points Sanger brought to the public in her debate were focused on the outcomes of

There are a variety of reasons that account for female respondents being more likely to vote for a Democratic candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election. This is because that in general, the Democratic Party tends to champion the rights of minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, members of the LGBT community and women, endorsing passing progressive action that will benefit them. On the other hand, the Republican Party tends to promote maintaining traditional policies that sometimes marginalize minority groups (such as women) in the United States. A prime and relevant example of the differing viewpoints of both political parties is the issue of women’s rights over their own bodies, as Planned Parenthood is defended by Democrats and attacked

THESIS: Unless the risks of Teen Pregnancy or population overgrowth are shown to outweigh the benefits, we should not promote just giving away birth control and aware females to use a condom; instead, we should be educating both the young and grown women about the dangers of the side effects and consequences of the birth control pill and how it can be deadly.