methods of using birth control: the pill‚ the shot‚ an intrauterine device (IUD)‚ and a birth control patch. Out of all the women in the United States of reproductive age (15-44) and are sexually active‚ 62% use a contraceptive method (Guttmacher). There are minimal disadvantages to using birth control. One disadvantage would be solely for women who smoke and are over the age of thirty-five‚ as taking birth control could cause blood clots or heart attacks. The pill is also more expensive‚ making it
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risk goes down with each full-term pregnancy. Breastfeeding may lower the risk even further. Women who have used oral contraceptives (also known as birth control pills or the pill) have a lower risk of ovarian cancer. The lower risk is seen after only 3 to 6 months of using the pill‚ and the risk is lower the longer the pills are used. This lower risk continues for many years after the pill is stopped. Ovarian cancer can run in families. Your ovarian cancer risk is increased if your mother‚ sister
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With the spread of agriculture and the economic advantages of large families‚ religious and in some cases secular law increasingly restricted birth control‚ with the result that there appears to have been an increase in reliance on abortion while contraceptive technology and use declined. Both practices were legal in the United States until the mid-nineteenth century. Birth control as a movement in the US has had a very uneven relationship to movements for women s rights. Discuss early birth control
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menarche at 13 yrs old‚ her menses had been regular of 28 - 30 days cycle with normal flow for 7-10 days . Averagely‚ she used 2 pads per day. No history of dysmenorrhea‚ clotting and flooding. Past Gynaecology History She has taken oral contraceptive pill for her family planning. The couple wishes to have children every four years. Apart from that‚ She also had pap smear done in 2004 and 2008. There were no abnormalities detected. There are also no history of surgical procedure ‚ infertility
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had already 3 children‚ Margaret made a pledge to devote her life to making reliable contraceptive information available to women. She began her campaign writing a column for New York Call entitled –What every girl should know… Shocked by the inability of the most woman to obtain accurate and effective information she start challenging the federal laws Comstock law 1873‚ the law banned the spreading of contraceptive information. So in March 1914 Sanger published feminist publication called The Woman
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drawbacks of the pill are that they must be taken at the same time every day otherwise the effectiveness will decrease. The advantages of this method would be its ease of accessibility. The pill aside‚ there are also many hormonal birth control alternatives. These include the ring‚ shot‚ patch etc. These methods work in a very similar fashion by releasing either estrogen or progestin into the bloodstream. These alternatives are sometimes preferred as they need not to be taken daily. Contraceptive patch The
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not-for-profit agency which concluded an agreement with the government of Bangladesh to carry out the Social Marketing Project (SMP). With the objective of population control‚ PSI introduced two birth control products: Raja brand condoms and Maya brand oral contraceptives. A similar marketing strategy was used to promote both products. Raja’s sales increased tremendously but Maya’s sales declined over a period of time. Although Maya is selling at a cheaper price‚ other competitors’ brands such as Ovastat and
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sexuality is regarded as a health issue‚ not a political or religious one. An overwhelmingly majority of the people and institutions in this country support sexual health. Teens are educated about safer sex and have access to both birth control pills and condoms if they have sexual intercourse. German adolescents are valued‚ respected‚ and expected to act responsibly. The adults trust adolescents to make responsible choices because they see young people as assets‚ and not problems. Teen abortion
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The first point is that oral contraceptives is an easy to administer‚ safe and beneficial drug for a mast majority of women. Most oral contraceptives come in a 28-day package. Each package comes with easy instruction of use: take at the same time once a day. These packages are also labeled with the day of the week for each pill. This label informs women of where they are in their menstruation cycle and can also show whether they have missed a day. Additionally‚ birth control is safer than other prescription
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including family planning and pre-natal checkups for the betterment of families’ lives. 1. . 2. . 3. . c. M.A.3 It suggests the use of safe and effective contraceptives in ways to prevent any sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS‚ STD and ovarian cancer. 1. Contraceptives do not heighten cancer risks; combined pills actually reduce the risk of endometrial and ovarian cancers. 2. External barrier methods of contraception‚ like the condom‚ can protect against sexually transmitted
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