...Well, birth control was largely illegal in the United States for much of the 20th century, so maybe one of your questions could be how people gained access to it prior to its legalization, as well as the social stigma surrounding birth control, and how some women were stuck with raising more children than they could handle because of the difficulty in obtaining birth control. Another question you could cover is the nature of abortion procedures prior to its legalization. Birth control as a movement in the US has had a very uneven relationship to movements for women s rights. Discuss early birth control reform efforts in relationship to issues of gender and class power. Birth control was an early-twentieth-century slogan, but it has become the generic for all forms of control of reproduction. 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 reform efforts in relationship to issues of gender and class power. Birth control was an early-twentieth-century slogan, but it has become the generic for all forms of control of reproduction...
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...Significant Health Care Event Eugene Whitehead HCS/531 February 18, 2013 Ann Gantzer Science and technology have always been joined at the hip. The evolution of health care services in the United States (U. S.) undoubtedly has been shaped at least in part by advancements in scientific research and knowledge, and technological innovation (Shi & Singh, 2012). The following exploration focuses on ways a specific scientific or technological event or innovation affected health care provision in the U. S. to date. Health care is dynamic. Science and technology continue to prove themselves as important facilitators of the change processes that occur in health care. The scientific method and nursing process are just a few examples that demonstrate the significant contribution scientific research and technology provided to the historic development of the health care delivery system in America. This report cannot realistically address the exhaustive list of scientific and technological advancements that have benefitted the practice of medicine. However, I intend to satisfy the question of just how much influence the chosen event exerted on the course of health care evolution. The Significant Event Birth control or contraception, endearingly dubbed “the pill” by the American public made medical and scientific history in 1960. Since its inception the pill has been surrounded by controversy running the gamut from health concerns and moral choice to religious opposition and political-legal...
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...Birth control is the top issue on the Gallup list. This list provides market research and consulting services around the world. They have found a total of 89 % of Americans that believe birth control should be morally acceptable (Gallup). Incase you're not very familiar with what birth control is its basically the act of preventing pregnancy. Methods include medications, procedures, devices, and behaviors. Theres women throughout the nation who decide to be on birth control. Here are some positive reasons why women should be able to use birth control; human rights benefits, health benefits, and family benefits (Moral). Birth control should be morally acceptable because of women rights and the ability to support the child. Human rights is a positive reason on why we should use birth control. The Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development...
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...a variety of positions on birth control, both positive and negative. In this paper I will list and give examples of both the positive and negative positions with examples from around the world. The human rights position supports birth control. It is a fundamental right for each person to determine the size of his or her family. Americans fully use this position to live their lives the way they want. Each woman has the right to control her own bodily functions including how, when and how many pregnancies and children she has, if any. Men have the same right in determining their family size, choosing a birth control method that works the best in their life. Single and married people are informed on and have access to many forms of birth control with and without seeing a doctor. The service needs position supports birth control. There is an unmet demand for fertility control in all countries according to surveys. With the problem being able to provide birth control to people who want to use them. Improvement is needed in this area in all countries. Women in the Philippines want fewer pregnancies and children. A common problem for women who want to use contraceptive is obtaining modern contraceptives. Local governments lack adequate funding to provide these services. And private groups don’t reach the poorest women who have a greater need for modern effective contraceptives. The population activist position supports birth control. Exponential population growth...
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...implantable rod, Intra Uterine Device (IUD) which include Copper IUD and Hormonal (Progestin) IUD, Injection, Oral contraceptives (Estrogen and progestin), Virginal contraceptive ring, male and female condoms, Emergency contraception, and Spermicide. Sterilization methods approved are Surgery or implant for women and surgery for men. All these methods are aimed at controlling birth. (Ross et al, 2001). Pros in support to FDA Approval Birth control is essential in that it helps in the control of population. Uncontrolled population can result to overpopulation which has adverse impacts in the social, economic, and environmental spheres. Overpopulation can lead to decrease in government revenues, which in turn may affect the economy of the country. Chances of compromising the per capita resource consumption are high, paving way to over-exploitation of environmental resources. The move by FDA to approve the use of contraceptives is appropriate and ethically right. It reduces risks of unplanned pregnancies. Teenage pregnancy is a major concern in this century because of the advancement in technology which has opened the eyes of most teenagers, exposing them to a world of all sorts of immorality. This exposure plays a major role in teenagers engaging in premarital sex, and hence early pregnancies...
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...Educating Youth on Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention In today’s society it seems that sex education is still a taboo subject amongst youth. The lack of education contributes to the high rate of teen pregnancy and STD rate ("Planned Parenthood Action Center", 2012). Teens in the United States have the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the world ("Planned Parenthood Action Center", 2012). With the amount of technology and resources readily available this should not be. In educating youth better about sex and teen pregnancy will help cut down the risks of unwanted pregnancies and contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Sex education amongst youth is important because the more educated they are the less likely they are to make uneducated decisions. In the United States of America seventy five thousand teenagers will become pregnant this year ("Planned Parenthood Action Center", 2012). According to the “U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”(2012), more than three million teenage girls will have a sexually transmitted disease or infection. There has to be more that can be done as a society to help this. These statistics do not even include the teenage boys who contract Sexually Transmitted Diseases and impregnate a female. However the peer pressure factor has also become an issue amongst the teenage boys. Abstinence is often looked at negatively thus making it uncool. Reassuring them with education and some good solid support...
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...Planned Motherhood: Margaret Sanger and Her Fight for Birth Control Morgan Ledford History 1200 Tamia Haygood November 13, 2014 During the Progressive Era, the United States was changing and developing but social issues were often neglected. With the rise of factories and big business, populations in small compact areas were exceeding holding capacity and the quality of life was decreasing. Margaret Sanger, born in New York in 1876, knew from an early age the change that she wanted to make in America. Sanger desperately wished to rise in class and her current education level so she attended Claverack College after which she enrolled in a nursing program at White Plains Hospital. She worked as a visiting nurse in New York City in the 1910s until she began to challenge the Comstock Law and write and mail contraceptive information to women. Through creation of different committees, leagues and publications, Sanger was able to slowly push the idea of birth control into the public. In 1914, Margaret Sanger coined the term birth control and then printed it in the Woman Rebel journal. Sanger also opened up her own birth control clinic and fought for contraceptives until her death in 1966.1 Throughout the Progressive Era, Margaret Sanger started the foundation for the Birth Control Movement and actively advocated for the passage and approval of birth control in the United States. Women in the Progressive Era had only two choices, “passive and usually pleasure less submission...
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...Back not long ago, maybe a decade or two, it was stigmatized against due to religious and personal beliefs. The rates of contraceptive use are at an all time high, in a study specifically for the first time a teen would use birth control to have intercourse has raised up from 42% in 1982, to 79% in 2011-2012. Today I believe they're even more teens who utilize contraceptives, due to its cheap and easy accessibility. In an article about publicly funded family planning services stated that “In 2014, an estimated 4.7 million women younger than 20 were in need of publicly funded contraceptive care because they were sexually active and neither pregnant nor trying to become pregnant”. With Trump's new order, all of these girls' access will be unavailable, and they have a higher risk of getting an unplanned pregnancy. An article by Nicholas Bakalar in the New York Times, stated that research shows that contraceptives drive down teen pregnancy rates and he even stated that rates of teen pregnancy are at an all time low, thanks to the availability to birth...
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...Name HIS 125 June 18, 2012 The Rise of Birth Control Clinics in The United States News Story 2 Today, there is an abundance of information, for any persons seeking birth control. There are different forms for females and males designed to protect against disease and pregnancy. There are also birth control clinics that provide free or low cost services to women. However; this was not always the case with birth control. There have been birth control techniques for thousands of years, which date back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. What is now known as “the modern movement of birth control” actually began in Great Britain. The writer Thomas Robert Malthus stirred up the interest regarding the time’s current over-population problem. As a result of his publications, by 1870 a wide range of birth control devices were made available in English and American pharmacies. These devices included; rubber condoms, diaphragms, vaginal sponges, and medicated tampons. Due to the easy access to these devices to the public, both countries created a bill to prohibit the distribution of contraceptives across state lines and through the mail. Before the use of birth control in America, many women had opted for abortions because they either had too many children to take care of or they were simply not ready to parents. In the early 19th century, abortions could be dangerous. Too many abortions often lead the woman’s death because the technology was not yet available to try and properly...
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...Phil 140 Research Paper 18 December 2011 Population Control On October 31, 2011, the world acknowledged its 7th billion inhabitant. This number has doubled in just forty years (Worldometer). Some think it is clear that overpopulation is a major problem for today’s society. There are countries that enforce public population control and others yet who still have no official action plan to counteract the issue. Perhaps this is because not everyone sees overpopulation as a large issue. Is it the duty of the state to determine a woman’s right to bear children, or to force unwanted contraceptives in an effort to control population levels? For some, this is how their government rules. The imbalance of births over deaths around the world may show a potential problem with overpopulation; however population control is not moral. The world has a natural cycle; birth, life, then finally death. This process is repeated over and over again every minute of the day. When the number of births exceeds that of deaths, the circumstance is referred to as overpopulation. There are approximately 190 countries in the world, and according to the Overpopulation Index published in 2010, only 77 of those are considered overpopulated, many only by a fraction (World Atlas). Singapore is ranked number one, China is ranked number twenty nine, followed by the United States ranked as number thirty five. In the United States, the Constitution and Bill of Rights grants citizens many privileges such as...
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...appropriate so that everything that is presented to the audience is understandable and relatable (Girls Incorporated 1991). The primary audience will be teens ages 12-18. Knowledgeable and educated individuals (such as medical professionals and youth counselors) will be surveyed to determine teenage pregnancy trends in the community, and they will also be appointed to speak to teenagers about sexual issues and contraception use and options. Workshops and classes at local community centers and schools will focus on relationships, feelings that occur within these relationships. It is typical for young children and teens alike to have questions regarding sex (Crooks 2010). Along with encouraging questions about sexual intercourse and methods of birth control, allowing them to have open and honest conversations is important. It is shown that parents can be the greatest communicators of sex, and young people usually prefer to be able to talk to their mothers and fathers about sex (Hutchinson & Cooney, 1998). Parental involvement will be implemented by showing parents ways of connecting with their teens on the topic of sex and pregnancy prevention. The teens should be educated on biological aspects of their bodies as well as the opposite sex. Not only should pregnancy prevention be taught to teens, but STD prevention as well. It is important to make it known that it is completely normal to have sexual feelings for...
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...increase faster than the food supply. He stated that if this growth rate is allowed to continue, it would lead to a food shortage. To solve this problem, he proposed three solutions. The first one is positive check. This method increases death rates due to wars, famines, disease, and natural disasters. Preventive or negative check is the other one. It lowers the birth rate which is accomplished through abortion, birth control, and celibacy. The last one is moral restraint which is refraining from marriage until the time when a person is capable of supporting a family. This two hundred-year-old theory is now happening these days. It predicted the problems of food shortage that the world is experiencing today because of the uncontrolled increase in population. Still, I cannot fully agree with Malthus because there are things that he forgot to take into consideration when he formulated this theory. One is the ability of man to increase the food production as stated by Marx. He failed to recognize man’s ability to use science and technology to solve these population problems like the possible developments in agricultural technology which can increases the supply of food. Maybe during that time, science is making a...
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...biological drive to reproduce, ensuring bloodline continuity, but with advancements in technology, humans can now use contraceptives to enjoy the pleasures of intercourse without the repercussions of having a child. The birth control (BC) pill, an important form of contraceptive, deserves to be in next year’s global science and technology exhibition at the Canadian Museum of History. The Canadian Museum of History, formerly known as the Canadian Museum of Civilization, has many exhibitions that showcase important items that have changed the thought and progression of mankind. Their mandate includes the Canadian Museum of History Act, which states that the museum is to “enhance Canadian’s knowledge, understanding, and appreciation...
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...failure. Lyndon B. Johnson even endorsed the use of the birth control pill. There were a series of studies done by M. Zelnik and J.F. Kantner in which they followed cohorts of young women aged fifteen through nineteen, and surveyed them...
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...majority. _________________________________________________Pro-life is pro-family. Pro-abortionists are anti-family. Abortion destroys the family. Legal abortion helps parents limit their families to the number of children they want and can afford. This strengthens and stabilizes the family unit. Therefore, pro-choice is pro-child and pro-family. Anti-abortion laws can cause stress and hardship for families with insufficient resources to raise unwanted children. Families with unwanted children often consist of a child and her child, living at the lowest levels of society. _________________________________________________The right of the unborn to live supersedes any right of a woman to "control her own body." Margaret Sanger said, "No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body." This concept is fundamental for women. Bearing a child alters a woman's life more than anything else. Other women's rights are hollow if women are forced to be mothers. Being born is a gift, not a right. People don't ask to be born, and some even wish they weren't. _________________________________________________If a woman has sex, she must pay the...
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