Birth Control Persuasive Essay

Birth Control In 2002 Amanda Phiede went into Kmart to fill a prescription. The pharmacist working there not only refused to give her the prescription, he also refused to transfer it so she could pick them up somewhere else. She wasn’t a minor; she was in college at the time and the prescription was legitimate. Neil Noesen, the pharmacist, was a devout Catholic and he refused to give the pills to her because he thought it was wrong (Forster). The pills you ask, were for birth control. Hospitals, schools, and pharmacies are made to serve the public. They’re meant to act in the best interests of those they serve. Not in the interest of the government official who decides what to teach in sex education without thinking of the repercussions, or the Pope who decides what the rules on birth control are for the Catholic Church, or the pharmacist who doesn’t want to write a prescription for birth control. Birth control of all forms should be an option and knowledge and resources should be denied to no one. Birth control today has become much more than a contraceptive. Our ancestors didn't ovulate as many times as women do today. They had later puberty, and once they started having children, they breast-fed without ovulating for long intervals. Evidence suggests they had as few as 30 menstrual cycles in a lifetime, compared with the average today at 300. This is significant because studies show that the greater the number of menstrual cycles a woman has, the greater the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer (Potts). Women taking birth control today are in a different situation. Birth control mimics the hormone profile of pregnant and lactating women, and they become more like our ancestors hormonally, even though they tend to reach puberty earlier, have fewer pregnancies and lactate less often and for shorter periods. (Potts) One of the many positive aspects to birth control other then preventing an unwanted pregnancy is it can help prevent and in some cases treat