attended by midwives. BACKGROUND (Policy History) 1. Childbirth especially homebirths - is a contemporary issue of competing within two occupations -medical practitioners and nurses qualified in midwifery. 2. Homebirth is about 0.2% of births in Australia, preferred by some women from Indigenous background or residence in remote areas. In Australia, legislation requires all services provided by health professionals be covered by appropriate indemnity insurance but homebirth attended by
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When you're talking relationships there are a lot of things that come to mind and one of those is how to take a friendship to the next level into a relationship. However, you shouldn't ignore the topics of safe sex and birth control. Courtship is a gradual process that takes a lot of time in getting to know the person better. Many people who start dating have started off as friends with the person they're dating, so they know things about them that makes them potentially good partners in a relationship
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GeorgetownUniversity Theology 3400 Dr. Hubert Dimwiddie Contraception in Judaism Overview Unlike many other religions, Jewish Law is not completely against the idea of contraception. Because there is nothing specifically in the Bible about contraception or birth control, Jewish Law does not condone the act in some instances. However, that is an important distinction. There are some circumstances that contraception is not allowed in Jewish Law while there are other circumstances in which it is acceptable. The
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dignity of the human person, the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable, integral human development, human rights, and the primacy of conscience. Catholic social theology since Vatican II has evolved, on the one hand, from the emphasis on order, social cohesiveness, the acceptance of some inequality, and obedience to authorityto the recognition, on the other, of the centrality of the human person, and the concomitant need for human freedom, equality, and participation (Pacem in Terris 1963
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to study demographic trends such as those associated with birth and fertility etc. such trends can produce insights into why societies experience social change, for example, overconsumption and what demographic changes have brought about this change. Sociologist Paul Ehrlich studied the figures for birth rates and death rates of developing countries and compared them with food production and malnutrition rates, he concludes that the birth rate ‘must be brought into balance with the death rate or
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public schools to students in grades 7 through 12. This type of education encourages abstinence, but also teaches proper condom use and other contraceptive methods to protect youth from unwanted pregnancies and STD (“Sex Education in America”). In order to reduce the risk of teenage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, Douglas Bernard Kirby, Ph.D. from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy states in his 2007 publication of Emerging Answers: To be effective
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respectively. Women don’t have purchasing power. Raja, which means king, speaks to the masculinity of the men making them feel more powerful. Since Raja is a male condom, it is targeted toward the men in the villages. Maya, which means beauty, is a birth control pill that has been marketed toward women, but as stated before, women do not hold the purchasing power. Women both listen to their doctors or their husbands when it comes to contraceptives and do not do their own research. In a fairly crowded
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College NUR 211 3/25/15 Female Sterilization Female sterilization is a highly effective method of birth control. It is a permanent procedure and is only done if the patient has no desire to have a future birth. Some women even opt for the procedure to be done immediately after their decision to have their final childbirth. With this procedure there is no need for other methods of birth control (to prevent pregnancy only) which makes it very popular among many women. There are no long term
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the rate of teen pregnancies in the United States has declined in recent years, it remains the highest of any developed country. According to an article in cdc.gov, “In 2011, a total of 329,797 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years, for a live birth rate of 31.3 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is a record low for U.S. teens in this age group, and a drop of 8% from 2010” (“About Teen Pregnancy”). While the rates have declined, the stigma that surrounds the problem has not. Researchers have
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affect student’s life in college. These factors include whether or not they return to college, how they will make time to get everything done, stress, how their social life will be effected, how men react to unplanned pregnancy, religion, and also birth control and emergency contraceptives. Typically a college student, at a university, will take about four years to complete the program and graduate. When faced with the fact that a child is in the student’s life or will be coming into their life
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