Essay On Should Women Have Easy Access To Birth Control
Jennifer Jameson
Mrs. Melcher
AP Lang
Should Women Have Easy Access to Birth Control?
Birth control has been and remains one of the most controversial topics in the United States. Birth control serves to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and while most of society has access to condoms, accidents may occur, making the birth control pill and emergency contraception necessary. Women should be given easy access to all contraception, while US schools should educate students on birth control as well as abstinence. By both giving easy access to all contraception and educating the youth of America, American women will make better choices and have the knowledge to practice safe sex. Unwanted pregnancies can result in an endless kaleidoscope of issues. Soon-to-be parents are often not emotionally nor financially ready to bear, raise, and support children. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy stated that in 2004 tax payers collectively had paid over 9 billion dollars to support the 420,000 teenage mothers who gave birth that year (“Update: Birth Control …show more content…
People are often concerned about abortion, however, abortion and the morning after pill are in no way related since emergency contraceptive pills work before pregnancy begins (“How Emergency Contraception Works”). Therefore, using emergency contraception isn’t the same as eliminating life, it’s merely preventing pregnancy from ever even beginning. While there are religious aspects to the controversy, even Pope Francis “sent shock waves through the Roman Catholic church on Thursday with the publication of his remarks that the church had grown “obsessed” with abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he had chosen not to talk about those issues despite recriminations from critics” (Goodstein A1). If even the Pope feels this way about these topics, the one person that’s chosen to represent the entire church, it becomes obvious that times have
Mrs. Melcher
AP Lang
Should Women Have Easy Access to Birth Control?
Birth control has been and remains one of the most controversial topics in the United States. Birth control serves to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and while most of society has access to condoms, accidents may occur, making the birth control pill and emergency contraception necessary. Women should be given easy access to all contraception, while US schools should educate students on birth control as well as abstinence. By both giving easy access to all contraception and educating the youth of America, American women will make better choices and have the knowledge to practice safe sex. Unwanted pregnancies can result in an endless kaleidoscope of issues. Soon-to-be parents are often not emotionally nor financially ready to bear, raise, and support children. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy stated that in 2004 tax payers collectively had paid over 9 billion dollars to support the 420,000 teenage mothers who gave birth that year (“Update: Birth Control …show more content…
People are often concerned about abortion, however, abortion and the morning after pill are in no way related since emergency contraceptive pills work before pregnancy begins (“How Emergency Contraception Works”). Therefore, using emergency contraception isn’t the same as eliminating life, it’s merely preventing pregnancy from ever even beginning. While there are religious aspects to the controversy, even Pope Francis “sent shock waves through the Roman Catholic church on Thursday with the publication of his remarks that the church had grown “obsessed” with abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he had chosen not to talk about those issues despite recriminations from critics” (Goodstein A1). If even the Pope feels this way about these topics, the one person that’s chosen to represent the entire church, it becomes obvious that times have