MaKayla McKnight Eng 102 Amanda Morris November 12‚ 2014 Contraceptives Should Be Offered In Schools About 3 in 10 teen girls in the U.S become pregnant before the age of 20‚ it doesn’t have to be that way. Birth control and other contraceptives should be offered in schools to teens. Having these contraceptives available in school-based clinics are giving our most vulnerable students a chance to prevent future pregnancies and educate students how to practice safe sex. This would not only be benefiting
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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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The use of birth control is a big issue that has come up many times in our lifetime. Especially for women‚ we have to make the choice whether or not to use it. It has its negative effects but it also has its positives. I am for the use of birth control. I believe‚ once a person has turned 18‚ they should have the right to say how they live their life and how they plan it. And with birth control‚ the young generation can be able to successfully planning their lives without hurting anyone. One main
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planned their first sexual intercourse.2 This suggests that most have sex because they don ’t know how to thwart sexual advances. The first thing we need to do is teach our children to respect their bodies at a young age. Next we need to return morality and responsibility to the home and the classroom. One of the ways we can do this is to stress traditional family values‚ promote monogamy‚ and return some shame to adultery. After we have accomplished this‚ we need to expand or sex education
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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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Choice or Control? Over seventy percent of teens would stop coming to the health clinic if their parents were informed every time that they tried to obtain birth control (Wind 1). Teens feel as if they can not come to their parents about birth control and feel as if their privacy is being invaded. Our state’s population rate has increased exponentially since the 1990s‚ and having access to birth control can prevent pregnancies to teens who did not intend to be parents. Currently‚ the law states
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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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Giving Birth Control Devices to Teenagers “The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.” ~Margaret Smith There is a big debate on whether or not birth control devices should be given to teenagers. Both sides of this argument have valid points but society needs to be realistic to the facts that the age of teenagers becoming sexually active is at an early age. Society also needs to realize unwanted pregnancy rate is the highest in the United States. Of course parents of teenagers
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“625‚000 teens became pregnant in 2010.” (Kaplan) Birth control is available to any teenager without parental consent in almost all states‚ excluding Texas and Utah. Teen girls should be able to have access to birth control without parental consent because it helps prevent teen pregnancy‚ it prevents young women from having to give their child up for adoption or having an abortion‚ and there are other benefits to taking hormonal contraceptives besides preventing pregnancy. About three in ten American
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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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