when they are deciding on the birth control method that is right for them. Today women can go on the pill‚ have a birth control shot‚ called the Depo shot‚ female condoms‚ and contraceptive rings that are placed into the vagina. Birth control was not always available to woman in the United States. This paper will be discussing the Comstock Law of 1873‚ which was signed by President Grant. During the colonial period women did not have effective methods of birth control. Women during that time had
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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 Administration (FDA) approved prescription contraceptives or devices for the solitary purpose of preventing pregnancy (personal communication‚ 2010). Not providing coverage for birth control‚ yet providing coverage for other
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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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Catholic and Protestant Positions on Birth Control Catholic and Protestant Positions on Birth Control Since Pope Paul VI wrote Humanae Vitae in 1968‚ Catholic and Protestant positions on birth control have diverged. The Catholic position remained based in the natural law tradition. However‚ the Protestant position became mired in American class and ethnic politics. Mainline Protestantism generally accepts both birth control and abortion‚ but plenty of exceptions exist
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Around 75‚000 women have used Essure Birth Control to prevent pregnancy because the women do not want children (Garchitorena‚ Mia). Although Essure birth control is an implant birth control for women who do not want children‚ it has damaged over 28‚000 women’s lives because of all the pain it put the women through. Women should think more in depth about getting this implant‚ because it shortens fetuses and the mother’s life spans‚ difficulties after the implant and while it is inside the person and
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Abortion as a Form of Birth Control When looking at abortion as an ethical issue‚ the argument is usually whether the fetus has moral status or not. Pro-choice supporters believe a fetus does not have moral status until it is viable outside of the mother’s womb. Pro-life supporters believe the fetus has moral status at conception. If the fetus has moral status‚ then it is immoral to kill the fetus (Jones & Chaloner‚ 2007). Some believe when the heart beats‚ that signifies life. Therefore
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sexually transmitted infections as well as prevent early pregnancy. You have to ask yourself the question‚ did you tell your parents when you began to have sexual intercourse? By allowing teens to get prescribed birth control without parental consent‚ we would be violating the parents’ rights to be involved. adolescents should be able to obtain contraceptives without a parents’ approval‚ because it reduces the amount teen pregnancy‚ provides a safer home life‚ and displays responsibility. Although
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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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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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Condoms verses Birth Control Pills There is always that question on which is safer‚ more effective‚ easier‚ and which one is more likely going to prevent unwanted pregnancy? There is several different studies out there supporting each one of the methods‚ and for every one that is supporting there is also one against. Some of the studies can be found at www.HCP-Different-Birth-Control.com‚ and www.not-the-pill.com. When considering a birth control method you have to look at it from all angles. Think
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