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    According to a report conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine, out of the 6.1 million pregnancies in 2011, 2.8 million of them were unintentional (Cunningham). It is no secret that women use contraceptives, also known as birth control, to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Whether birth control should be funded by insurance companies is a continuous debate in today’s society. This controversial topic is argued by people of different social and religious views. Women’s rights to their own body

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    Pages 173 Chapter 4 These powerful stereotypes continues to reinforced in media representation This statement is talking about the media and gender stereotype. I will say stereotypes are powerful because they affect our expectation of what men should and should not be like. They are a form of media representation which recognized members of cultural groups instantly. The media plays a great role in changing the world, they only shown us some aspect of the world and ignoring the rest. Stereotyped

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    Some of the benefits include: reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy, being able to decide when and how many children to have, as well as providing wellbeing benefits to mothers and babies (2016). I did have some, yet limited, knowledge about contraceptives before this class. I understood that contraceptives could be useful in preventing unwanted pregnancies. Not all women who use contraceptives do so for preventing unwanted pregnancies. It can also be used to

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    mother (Edge & Groves, 2006, p.257), as a means of intervention. Someone women in Sierra Leone who end up with an unwanted pregnancy are not educated about the different forms of birth control, others are orphaned teenage girls who often become the victims of rape. In either case, women and girls become desperate and resort to dangerous methods of abortion to avoid carrying the pregnancy to term. Some of which include inserting a coat hanger through their cervix, or having someone jump on their belly

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    a part of an alarming issue for not only women but society. Many individuals feel like aborting an unwanted pregnancy or killing an unwanted child should be against the law. Who are we to judge the perception of individuals and their doings? However, only five countries (Malta, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Chile) believe that abortion is wrong regardless of complication in pregnancy, health reasons or risk of a female’s life. For instance, some individuals would say, "Aborting a fetus

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    The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, also known as an abortion, is a major controversy. This controversy has a very long history and is still being discussed everywhere, to this day. At current rates, the average woman will have an abortion by the time she is 45. Here are some National statistics; 58% of women that get abortions are in their 20’s; 61% have one or more children; 85% are unmarried; 69% are economically disadvantaged;

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    Abortion is the deliberate termination of an unborn embryo or fetus during pregnancy, before it is capable of independent life . Because the act of abortion involves the removal of the human embryo/fetus , this topic has been heatedly debated for decades to no avail. In the 1970s, the landmark case Roe v. Wade determined that state laws banning abortions (in a woman’s first trimester of pregnancy) is unconstitutional. This ruling intensified the fight between abortion opposers and defenders. Today

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    because of major changes in estrogen and progesterone levels as well as changes in the brain which produce significant physical and psychological impacts (Stewart, 2011). Depression during pregnancy can affect not only the mother but the unborn child and other children. Caring for women who are depressed during pregnancy is in many respects different from other types of caring. Caring in this situation is demanding and truly involves the intention to care. The women are diverse but most of them live in

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    because of major changes in estrogen and progesterone levels as well as changes in the brain which produce significant physical and psychological impacts (Stewart, 2011). Depression during pregnancy can affect not only the mother but the unborn child and other children. Caring for women who are depressed during pregnancy is in many respects different from other types of caring. Caring in this situation is demanding and truly involves the intention to care. The women are diverse but most of them live in

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    the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable to survive outside of the uterus. There are different types of abortion procedures. The most common procedure is elective abortion, or induced abortion, which is the willful termination of a pregnancy. Many people see abortion in a negative light because they believe that fetuses are not yet fully human. Many others see abortion in a positive light because it protects women from some harmful effects during pregnancy. In my views, abortion

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