The Effects of Birth Control on Women’s Lives On May 9‚ 1960‚ the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug that would revolutionize women’s lives. The life changing drug was an oral contraceptive‚ commonly known as “the Pill‚” that would prevent pregnancy if taken correctly. Several other birth-control methods have been developed in the past ten years that are just as effective. Birth control has had effects on women’s mental‚ physical and social lives since its debut in the United States
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Birth Control or Legal Murder?Approximately 1.6 million murders are committed legally each year. Withthe exception of laws in few states‚ the mutilated bodies of the victims arethrown into dumpsters like pieces of rotten meat. While these victims laywaiting in the infested dumpsters to be hauled off to a landfill‚ themurderers are in their offices waiting for their next patient--theaccomplice to the murder. This is the murder of an innocent child by aprocedure known as abortion. Abortion stops the
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Title According to the Center for Disease Control‚ 62% of females that are of reproductive age and are sexually active use some kind of contraceptive to protect themselves from unintended pregnancy (Jones‚ Mosher‚ and Daniels‚ p 1). Most women using contraceptives prefer oral contraceptives. This is evident because oral contraceptives hold the birth control market captive with 28.7 percent of women using contraceptives preferring this method (Jones‚ Mosher‚ and Daniels p 1). Since the late 1970s
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Birth control pills are not just for the sexually active. It was designed to originally prevent pregnancy. It’s original formula was an oral contraceptive pill. However‚ doctors and research have proven that taking birth control pills help many medical issues in women. Depending on the formula and dosage‚ birth control not only prevents unwanted pregnancy but gives women relief from issues regarding their menstruation cycle and reproductive diseases. The birth control pill was first marketed in
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What is the Birth Control Pill? The birth control pill is most often taken to prevent pregnancy‚ though doctors may prescribe it for other conditions as well. With the number of birth control options available‚ women should try to find the most convenient method that fits both her lifestyle and needs. Women who are interested in various birth control options‚ including the pill‚ should consult their gynecologist. How Does the Birth Control Pill Work? The main function of the pill is to prevent pregnancy
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Birth Control Movement in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ life was more conservative than it is today. People did not openly talk about sex‚ planned parenthood‚ and they definitely did not agree on the use of contraceptives. Many people in the United States thought that birth control was morally wrong; however‚ a woman named Margaret Sanger would fight to make major changes in this generation that would change our outlook and our opinions about contraceptives forever. Margaret Sanger was passionate about
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regarding their personal health options. Margaret Sanger‚ an American nurse‚ was among the first to fight for the rights of obtaining birth control. In 1916‚ she broke the status quo and opened the first conception clinic. As a result she was sent to jail‚ but that did not stop her efforts. Upon being released‚ she continued to fight for the legalization of birth control. Finally‚ by 1960‚ “The first oral contraceptive‚ Enovid‚ was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a contraceptive
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Catholic Religion Against Birth Control The Catholic Church has had a ban on birth control from the earliest days of the Bible. The catholics believe that birth control is absolutely wrong‚ and a grave sin. Birth control has been around at least since the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans . During these days birth control came in the form of animal skin condoms and various poisons to be used as spermicides ("Catholic Church Birth Control."). Catholic believers were
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The birth control movement began during the progressive era in about 1912. During this time women felt they had the right to obtain knowledge on contraceptives and the different methods that were available to them‚ so that unwanted pregnancy could be avoided and they could enjoy having sex without worrying about becoming pregnant. In 1912 a nurse named Margaret Sanger invented the term we know today called birth control‚ in her process of speaking on behalf of women rights to make the decision of
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The speech The Morality of Birth Control pin points several key reasons as to why birth control should be accepted and embraced into the lives of people around the world. Sanger effectively makes her opinion of birth control clear through the use of many classical argumentation tactics. She does not make any concessions to the opposing side what so ever and justifies only her beliefs with valid research presenting concise information. She initially captures the audience with stating that not only
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