Zoe Zorka's Argument Analysis

The women's rights movement arose during the nineteenth century in Europe and America in response to inequalities between the role of men and Women in society. During this time, advocates fought for the right to own property, equal wages, educational opportunities, and vote. However, Rebecca Solnit brought a different side of the argument, where she challenged gender inequality in urban space. In the United States and the Western World, Rebecca says almost every city is named after a famous historian who wielded power and had influence over that specific area. Rebecca goes as far describing New York a horde of dead men. “Their names are on streets, buildings, parks, squares, colleges, businesses, and banks, and their figures are on monuments.”

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

Who should be responsible for stopping the 120 million sperm that are released during a male orgasm from fertilizing a female’s egg? The context of that question has been a societal debate in terms of the consequences of unplanned pregnancy and whether it is a female, male or both sexes responsibility to practice “safe sex”. Introducing the birth control pill for women in the 1960s created a huge controversy between sexual conservatives and the women who would benefit from the pill, but the responsibility still remained in the hands of women. However, as medicine has advanced and the possibility of a male birth control pill has amounted, many wonder if the same issues would arise if a male birth control pill did in fact become

Some people feel that it should be the female’s responsibility to provide the contraception during sex because females have more options’ then men do. Females can choose from birth control pills, the birth

In document three from The Case for Birth Control Sanger’s rhetoric changes, relying on facts, statistics, and knowledge based reasoning. Document three proves to be a much more reliable and comprehensive argument than document one. Sanger advocates small families for the working class as a means to eliminate poverty (due to large families), illegal abortions, child labor, and to protect the health of women “from overwork and the strain of too frequent child bearing” (6, 3,124) The argument shifts from a pseudo-socialist agenda to simply the right of a woman to control her own body and choose her own destiny.

There was also the "ethical" argument against birth control that seems to be mostly tainted with male pride. It appeared to some people to be

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

Women’s reproductive rights have been endangered from early history. A woman’s job included housework and child birth. Around 1920, women started receiving their choices and rights. In the 21st century, women are looked at with fairness and receive equal opportunities, but there is one right being stripped from women: the choice of using birth control and aborting pregnancy. Society frowns upon aborting a fetus in the womb, but it fails to realize the circumstantial standing each woman is placed in and should accept the decision a woman decides for her future whether it is to use birth control or abort her pregnancy.

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

Almost 90% of the unwanted pregnancies are because the availability for the birth controls prescription only. If birth control were non-prescription/OTC, then there would be more access to those that are homeless or need the medication discreetly. Abortion is a choice that women have, and getting free birth control without a prescription should be a choice too. “Providing free, reliable birth control to women could prevent between 41 percent and 71 percent of abortions in the United States” (Pappas “Free Birth” 1). If birth control were not sold OTC/non-prescription then the abortion rate would go up and be more costly on the U.S. A study was shown by a college student and his friends when he rounded up 9,256 women of the ages 14-45 in the St. Louisiana area with flyers, doctors and by just talking about it in normal conversation was given the choice of any reversible birth control methods from the pill, patch, a long-lasting intrauterine device or known as IUDs or the hormonal implants about more than half of the women chose the IUDs, 17% of the women chose the hormonal implants and the remaining chose the pill and other various methods which made the abortion rate drop (Pappas “Free Birth”). With all of the women within the free contraceptive program, the birth rate among the teens was 6.3 per 1000th women, which was a dramatic change from the overall

In the article “On Capitol Hill, a Push to Make the Pill Over the Counter” by Kimberly Leonard addresses one of the main topics being discussed in congress for the past year. That topic is whether or not oral contraceptives should be readily available to women in stores without a prescription. In June of 2015, the Affordability of Access Act was introduced to the House. This act would require that all health insurance companies cover all forms of birth control pills without the user needing a prescription from their doctor. Kimberly Leonard, the article’s author, uses a logical argument to not only backup the opinions of the congress member’s that want to see this happen but also uses arguments that help to back up the member’s that do not

Also the state of colorado has found another alternative to bring down birth rates. “4% drop in teen births in colorado over the last five years. the state handed out 30,000 free or low cost contraceptives”(Birth Control Not Abstinence). People argue that even though its not abstinence that it has in effect in birth rates across the state of colorado. “aggressive state and national programs supplying teens with long term contraceptives has put a big dent in the teen birth rates”(Birth Control Not abstinence). Some don 't mind that contraceptives are given out to student without their parents knowing. As long as it bring down birth rates and pregnancies.

Birth Control has been an issue that has divided many people throughout the country, largely along religious and ethical lines. Many people view birth control as a fundamental right and a necessity in today’s world. There are others that believe birth control to be immoral and a complete abomination against God and the teachings of the bible. There are those out there that believe under no circumstance should a birth control be used. They believe that God has intended us to reproduce and we cannot use any device that prevents his plan.

Another reason it complies with the Utilitarian perspective is that it creates overall good within the parenting community. This policy gives many people who did not have birth control before an opportunity to have affordable access to the contraception they need. Once the majority of people have access to contraception and family planning mechanisms, they can exclude money from the contraception decision making equation. Once money is not a factor in that decision making process it is easier to plan a family in the appropriate timeframe for a couple. Some couples are hoping to wait several years until having a child, while some do not want a child at all, or they would not be able to bring a baby into a healthy living environment. All of these different scenarios are the actual cases of someone’s life situation and it would be best for the overall good if they planned a family accordingly. This policy would benefit the overall morality and ethical aspect of society since it helps families who would like to plan a family do so without as much financial stress, and it helps those who do not desire a family to do so as well without as much financial burdens. Overall, the policy to help women afford contraception through their private insurance complies with the ‘overall-good’ Utilitarian

Although Ariana didn't produce many choices of her own, she always had an opinion on every proposal. This happened on almost all the piece choices, but the best example was when we were debating on pop songs that should be added to the list. Emily and I gave many suggested Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray for a slow pop piece and Ariana stated that Hello by Adele should be added due to its enormous popularity; we added both pieces in the end.