freedoms and equality as men. 1. Economic independence for women, including the freedom to choose an occupation and receive pay equal to a man. 2. Gender equality at home, men in the home sharing the responsibilities of family life. 3. Reproductive freedom, the ability to choose when, if and how many children they would have. 4. Financial support for homemaking and child raising (Ellen Carol DuBois; Lynn Dumenil, 2012). Since 1920 women have won many rights and opportunities in areas
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Research Work Subject: Educational Sociology Ten Social Problems and Issues in our Country. |Social Issues |Causes |Alternative Plan/Reforms |Status/Condition | | | |(government/agencies) | | |1. Poverty |Population growth
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States had adopted laws prohibiting abortion. In 1916, Margaret Sanger formed the birth control league, now Planned Parenthood, to promote the use of contraception and the legalization of abortion. The first official Supreme Court case involving reproductive rights was Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965. The decision in this case was to legalize
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estimated at 93 million people (NSO Annual Report: 2010) where about 65 percent are living in urban area and experience poverty due to the usual family practice of giving birth. Pro-RH Bill lawmakers have presented the effective measures to control the growing population and provided alternative ways to maintain reproductive health and plausible actions to that program. Amidst all the programs, poor families are seen and cannot sustain the basic necessities of their children and depriving them from enjoying
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birth control, healthy pregnancies, and sex education. Since 1969 when first founded, they have continued to fight for women’s rights throughout the years. NARAL Pro-Choice America is an interest group that lobbies for several issues related to reproductive
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United States ranked as number thirty five. In the United States, the Constitution and Bill of Rights grants citizens many privileges such as freedom of speech and the freedom of religion. There is also the Freedom of Choice Act passed in 2004. It states “To prohibit, the interference by the government with a woman’s right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes” (Bill Text). There are many aspects of reproduction encompassed by the Choice Act; all designed to
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statistics records, teenage pregnancy cases rise up to 70% over 10 years only. These alarming cases caught the attention of some lawmakers. The very best example solution that the government made this year was the passage of RH Bill or the Reproductive Health Bill. This bill aims to free access of use of contraceptives, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. The government conceived this as the solution to the problem. Others may see it as helpful but others also contradicts it. Teenage
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whether designer babies are ethically and morally correct or wrong. Another argument against designer babies is that they would it would lead to an uncontrollable imbalance between the rich and the poor. Ronald Bailey describes the cost of advanced reproductive technologies in an article he titled “Hooray for Designer Babies.” According to Bailey, IVF will run a couple about $7,500 due to the medical and lab staff needed to perform the procedure. Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis will cost an additional
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Report is timely in that it revisits the link between population/development and poverty, environment, and resources. The Report has two purposes. First, it intends to review the Philippine population/development situation, including issues of reproductive health and gender equity, from the perspective of goals affirmed in the Bali Declaration, the ICPD Program of Action and other related documents. The report's second purpose is to highlight priority population issues in the context of alleviating
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Impacts of Health Reform on Women’s Reproductive Health Stephanie Bucher COMM/215 January 10, 2015 Linda Camp In March of 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama. This federal law intended to make health insurance more affordable and more readily accessible to citizens and legal residents of the United States. (Salganicoff, 2014). The Affordable Care Act benefits all of the citizens of the United States, and it has been especially beneficial to women's health
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