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    Birth Control: The Importance and Benefits 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

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    The Birth Of The Pill

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    The arrival of the pill in the spring of 1960 represented both an important step towards bodily autonomy for women, and a ‘new era in the long history of birth control’. For the very first time, there would exist a method of contraception that separated brith control from the act of sexual intercourse, and allowed women total control over their fertility. This caused many commentators to fear that the pill would ‘wreck moral havoc’ on the sexual behaviour of the nation, with some even going as far

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    The theory I selected to apply to the above situation is the Birth Territory theory. This theory was created from empirical data collected by the authors who serve as both midwives and researchers. It has a critical post-structural feminist undertone and elaborates on the ideas of Michel Foucault. The Birth Territory theory predicts and elaborates on the relationships between jurisdiction (use of authority and influence), terrain (the birthing environment), and personal emotional and physiological

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    2017 The Birth Control Movement Outline I. Introduction a. History of The birth control movement i. During the Progressive Era, the birth control movement was an essential cause for many activist women to fight against the prevention of birth control methods. The birth control movement was a social reform campaign from 1914 to 1945 of which women began to gain sexual freedom and sexual education. b. The main issue i. Many Americans were opposed to birth control and believed that birth control was

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    which someone is born in can influence their personality. Whether someone is a bossy first-born, a creative middle child, or the baby in the family a person’s birth order could have determined some of their personality traits. Though this theory is a generalization and may not always be true, it gives people an idea of their behavior. The birth order theory can give insight about someone’s behavior and personality, this is shown in Kaffir Boy, a memoir by Mark Mathabane, and from personal experience

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    Birth Control Essay

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    Birth Control Over the Counter Birth control has been the topic of discussion lately. Individuals have been debating if birth control should be able to be received over the counter. That is up to the Food and Drug Administration because they are the ones who have to approve or disapprove. Drug companies and law makers should work together to change the rules and allow woman and teenage girls to have more easily acces to acquire birth control. Making birth control over the counter will be helpful

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    Preterm Birth Essay

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    and preterm birth in the United States. Many have identified how the rate of infant mortality and preterm birth is twice as high among African Americans women than White American women in the United States.(Orr et. al,2012; Dole et al,2004;Collins,2002) some studies convey socioeconomic as a major factor of preterm birth among African American’s. As Kleinman conveys in Racial differences in low birthweight: Trendsand risk factors when socioeconomic status increases the risk of giving birth to an infant

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    Eliminating the prescription for Birth Control provides an increased access for everyone, encourages safe sex, reduces the effect of unwanted pregnancy and helps the economy. Birth control is a method of medication that prevents pregnancy for women. The birth control pill has been around for about 50 years and in 1916 a woman by the name of Margaret Sanger opened the very first birth control clinic in the United States and later served a 30 day sentence for it being labeled as an “unlawful nuisance”(Brief

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    Rong Rong Professor Josh David Jackson Media Studies 10 26 September 2017                                 Decoding The Birth of A Nation         The Birth of A Nation(1915) by D.W. Griffith is a silent movie setting against the backdrop of Civil War and Reconstruction. By portraying the blacks as incompetent and concupiscent, and Ku Klux Klan(KKK) as patriots and heroes, The Birth of A Nation has been considered one of the most controversial movies in America cinema. The release of the movie sparked

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    Ethics Of Birth Control

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    prevent unwanted pregnancies, the recent development of safer and more affordable birth control methods and society’s evolving beliefs about sex has led to an entirely new area of health care that would have been heavily criticized just a few generations ago. Society’s acceptance of sex outside of the context of marriage has lead to an increase in casual sex and sex had strictly for pleasure (Vrangolova, 2014). Birth control has been used to help prevent unwanted pregnancies so that users can engage

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