Births

Birth Order Families are the first system to which one belongs. Each person has his or her own specific niche in the family. The order in which each child was born influences that niche, therefore influencing who that person becomes (Collins). Whether one was born first, middle, or last in reference to siblings can decide mannerisms that a person has, how far he or she goes in life, and how he or she interacts with other people. An oldest is defined as the first born in a family, first born of a

“Most people have an intuitive knowledge that birth order somehow has an impact on development, but they underestimate how far reaching and just how significant that impact is.” Birth order describes not only what order a child is born into a family but also has an effect on an individual's personality, social skills, and success in life. If you are a first born child, does that mean you are a perfectionist, tend to be a natural leader, and are more successful than your younger siblings? Does being

Birth control has been a divisive issue in America for a long time, starting with the movement to legalize it in the early 1900s to the current complicated legislative landscape. This topic has been met with much opposition, with some citing potential health risks or others feeling wary of the level of government intervention, especially with the Affordable Care Act calling for birth control coverage for physician approved contraceptive methods. With healthcare expenditures rising every year, funding

getting lower throughout the years due to the help of birth control. Since the year of 1975 to now “the number of abortions in the United States dropped under one million (958,700 in 2013 and 926,200 in 2014” (Jones, Jerman). It is still continuing to decrease now, from the age between 15-44 the Guttmacher Institute recorded “the lowest rate ever” (Guttmacher Institute) which is a “14% decline from 2011” (Guttmacher Institute). People think birth control has to do with these drops since it is one of

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

Birth Order, as in the order a child is born in their family, has been a popular topic for researchers and the general public for decades. Originally it was claimed that personality was determined by birth order and even now there are many stereotypes of the firstborn being mature and driven while the youngest child is often described as wild and rebellious (Bleske-Rechek and Kelley, 2013). Nowadays researchers find birth order and personality are unrelated. Whether or not intelligence is related

review from the Child Trends website was Teen Births. This report compared teen birth rates from 1960 to 2014 between ages (15-19), race and marital status. The birth rate is averaged by dividing the number of births by the population of the group out of 1,000. The report also reveals the risk factors for mother and child with having children prematurely. Also, while not much information is given, the report also includes some statistics of male teen birth rates and why conclusive data is so shy.

Birth Control has been a topic of debate for years. Nevertheless, several issues and opinions arise when talking about it. Birth Control was first released in the form of a pill in 1960. Since then birth control has evolved into several different forms, including pills, patches, implants, injections, and sponges. As stated by the Guttmacher Institute, “more than 43 million women of reproductive age are sexually active and want to prevent pregnancy, as of October 2015. Among these women who do not

Birth control was finally legalized in the United States in 1972. Although there are still arguments made against birth control in 2017, it is fairly accessible to American women. Such accessibility is not the case in third world countries. Despite the United Nations declaring birth control to be a “universal human right”, 222 million women in developing countries are still left without Family Planning methods (“ThinkProgress”). Less fortunate countries have difficulty providing birth control because

these problems had one solution, why not initiate it? Birth control methods have been used for over hundreds of years in the United States. Women’s early method consisted of solutions being injected into the uterus with a syringe after being intimate. The first clinic to issue birth control was founded in 1916 by Marget Sanger. The most effective method, the birth control pill wasn’t approved until 1960 by the Food and Drug Administration. Birth control has not always been approved of, Roman Catholic