Gruwel Reproductive Health Center retained our consulting firm to ascertain the ongoing litigation in response to the abortion regulations passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law by then Governor Rick Perry in 2013.…
The history of birth control dates back for many years. The fight to have it legalized was initially started by a woman named Margaret Sanger. This passion and motivation ultimately stemmed from Margaret's own family tragedy: watching her mother die of tuberculosis after bearing eleven children. When Margaret found work as a visiting nurse in New York after her mother's death, she realized so many women lacked effective contraceptives, which ultimately led to them having abortions. After experiencing her mother's death on top of all these tragedies in New York, Margaret was even more determined to create a better means of contraceptives (American Experience, 2001). In the beginning of the 20th century, birth control was not part exactly the…
Women both politically and socially were looked down on if they wanted birth control. Margaret Sanger opened up the first clinic for birth control in 1916, which was illegal. Conservatives did not want contraceptives to be available because they thought it would stop womenildren. Christina Simmons in Birth Control, marriage, and women’s sexuality from Oxford University Press Blog on October 30, 2012 said, "In the second wave of feminism, women whether single or married, had the right to have birth control. Margaret Sanger said that just because they wanted or needed birth control or a contraceptive did not make them prostitutes. Margaret Sanger, from The Woman Rebel, No Gods No Masters on March 1914. “No plagues, famine or wars could ever frighten…
Birth control pills today are seen differently and are accessible to many people. In the past, not many people talked about the topic of birth control and shied away from it because men were afraid that women would take over and attempt to fight for equality. The long endeavor to have birth control allowed women to have control of their own body without being criticized as much today. Margaret Sanger was a strong activist who fought for birth control was born in 1879 and died in 1966 had it easier for her to fight for her cause because of the place she was born in. Birth control in the late 1800’s was not a popular topic and it forced expectant mothers to do self-administered abortions and resulted in many deaths.…
As I think back to the 1960’s, this is a revolutionary item when it comes to the sexual revolution and women’s rights. Before the invention of the birth control pill and the legalization of abortion, women could have been considered baby factories. With the invention of the birth control pill, women were given a choice. It was up to women how they chose to live their lives and what they wanted to do with their body and this lead to women being able to control their future. When the Federal Drug Administration approved the pill for use as a contraceptive in the 1960’s, it was extremely popular despite concerns about possible side effects, and in 1962 an estimated 1.1 million women were using the pill. The pill also gave women the opportunity to obtain higher education and reach a level of educational equality with men. It was often said that with the invention of the pill, the women who took it had immediately been given a new freedom; the freedom to use their bodies as they saw fit, without having to worry about the burden of unwanted pregnancy. Women 's rights movements also proclaimed the pill as a method of granting women sexual liberation, and saw the popularity of the drug as just one signifier of the increasing desire for equality (sexual or otherwise) among American…
The planned parenthood action fund is a non-profit organization that provide both men and women with sexual health care, education and information. Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic in the U.S. She founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, which changed its name to "Planned Parenthood" in 1942. Planned Parenthood reports that it consists of approximately 174 affiliates and 700 health clinics in the United States and aboard.…
Birth control is method that is used to prevent pregnancy, another word for birth control, contraceptive. There are many different kinds of birth control in the medical world. Each has its pros and cons. Learning about the different methods will help the decision of which birth control to use. Having sex without birth control there is always a greater chance at becoming pregnant. The only sure way to prevent pregnancy is by NOT having sex. Finding a suitable method of contraceptive will reduce the risk of an unplanned pregnancy.…
Add intro. The Greek word brephos is used in the Bible for both an infant and an unborn child. This means in God’s eyes a fetus is a living human being (SOURCE 15). This makes abortions performed by Planned Parenthood to be murder, which the Federal Government is funding. In Jeremiah 1:5, it is said that, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I created you…” (BIBLE). God is the giver and creator of human life, by having an abortion the women is in a since becoming her own “God”. She is taking the matter of someone else’s life into her own hands. Isaiah 49: 1 says, “The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my name he named me.” (BIBLE). God has a plan for every person, and fetus’ who are terminated…
Birth control is typically used to prevent an unwanted pregnancy at least that's what the most common reason is. When people say birth control you think sexualy active, but in todays generation birth control is not only a contraceptive but also is taken to prevent other unwanted discomforts. Many common reasons why women take birth control is to help with lighter, less painful periods and PMS relief. Taking birth control can damage young teenage girls in long lasting ways by causing infertility and also damaging the female ovaries over time. The cause of damage ovaries can lead up to increase the risk of cervical cancer.…
During the 1920’s women were restricted from many things and society tried to control and limit their personal freedom. One of the ways women resisted to conform to society normality’s was limiting the amount of children they had by controlling their fertility. After the end of the civil war there was a decline in fertility rates and one of the major reasons for this was because there was a loss of young marriageable men who were killed and also because more and more women were gaining access to in formation on birth control and “voluntary motherhood” (pg 256). There are very few to none documents that recorded the woman’s use of birth control, due to the fact that during this time it was taboo to talk about these sorts of things. Not only that but economic and social class is closely connected to getting information on birth control; usually the wealth had more access to attain birth control and for the most part had fewer children than the poor. In the late 1940’s you see a clash in the culture because legislators passed laws limiting access to information on birth control including its methods. They feared many things would correspond to drop in fertility rates such as: that because there decline in the birth rate there would also be a decline in the “strength of America” (pg 256), the decline in white babies being born meant that there would be more native-born babies and that would lead to them taking control of the country, and that it unhealthy for women to do such treatments to their body. Many viewed birth control methods promoted promiscuity and that it was a…
For more than twenty years, 28 states have had some type of law designed to lower the cost of birth control and make it easier to get. Many states are now widening coverage to allow 12-month supplies at a time where they used to cover 3 months. This is a logical and reasonable improvement by eliminating trips to the doctor just for a prescription renewal.…
In a country that was founded on religious principles, birth control was not discussed outside of the privacy of the bedroom. Even in the bedroom the husband or partner made the decision to utilize the few forms of birth control that were available.…
Birth control has always been a controversial topic in America. There are people who believe that it does more harm than good for women, while others think the complete opposite. Even though there have been some medical down sides to birth control there have been more positive outcomes from the legalization such as independence from men. Birth control started a movement for women in America and because of the movement, women now are able to take control of their bodies and have the power to choose to have children or not, changing women's rights in America forever.…
Not everyone is ready to be a mother. Even at almost 30 I can honestly say I am not sure I am ready. I have a steady job and good insurance so paying for my contraceptive comes easy. Not everyone is as lucky. I couldn’t image myself being a mother and being responsible for another life at the age of 15 or even younger. There are millions of girls out there who cannot afford the cost of birth control and do not have access to it. We cannot force them to abstain from sex but what we can do is make is easier for them to get a contraceptive and hopefully reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancies. Local pharmacies such as Walgreen’s, CVS and even the grocery store should provide free birth control to those who want it no questions ask. If contraceptives were more readily available the amount of unwanted and teen pregnancies would decrease. The cost and the numbers are shocking, the solution is simple.…
Birth Control pills have sparked a world wide concern amongst women. Over the last decade, it has caused a drastic change on their bodies resulting in health concerns and some often fatal. Recently, health journals have provided evidence that reveals how birth control pills increases a women's risk of developing ovarian or breast cancer. Birth control pills are used to prevent pregnancies in women of all ages. I will be using a natural medicine journal to evaluate the negative effects of birth control. I chose this topic because it makes women become aware of hormonal and metabolic imbalances within their bodies. However, knowing the effects of birth control can minimize health issues. Studies…
