Moreover, people feared that birth control would reduce the rate of fertility in America. ... The birth control pill was introduced in 1960 with a product known as "Enovid". ... Men were no longer in charge of birth control (via condom). ... The introduction of birth control pills has led to the development of other ways of family planning. ... In summary, the society has reaped some great benefits of using birth control methods. ...

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Birth control has always been a major concern since earlier times during the 1500s. ... These laws banned the use of "sexually explicit speech" that had anything to do with birth regulation of any sort, ideas that would be in favor of using birth control as a means of controlling births other than abstinence would also be forbidden (The Last Battles section, para. 23-25). ... Sanger's plan to bring birth control into fruition ended up being a reality where her plan was brought to the court in New York in 1930 and the sale of some of her contraceptives like the diaphragm for instance were...

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The answer to all the young girls out there who are sexually active is birth control. Birth Control is any act, drug, or device that is intended to prevent pregnancy. ... Another form of birth control is the pill. ... Using the patch is a very effective form of birth control. ... One of the most effective forms of birth control is the shot. ...

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The answer to all the young girls out there who are sexually active is birth control. Birth Control is any act, drug, or device that is intended to prevent pregnancy. ... Another form of birth control is the pill. ... Using the patch is a very effective form of birth control. ... One of the most effective forms of birth control is the shot. ...

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Today, the demand for birth control pills has risen over the years, and this has become very important for many women. With this point, getting birth control pills with parental consent is a debatable topic. Discussed in this paper, are reasons teenagers should not seek consent from their parents before getting birth control pills. ... Furthermore, the use of birth control pills reduces the rate of abortion in teenagers. ... This also includes the right to obtain and make use of birth control pills. ...

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I feel there are many reasons why people should use birth control. ... With many different forms of contraception available, I think that birth control should be used. Numerous religious groups argue that birth control should not be available. ... Birth control is a good thing in that it lessons the amount of abortions and unwanted pregnancies. There are other positive outcomes to using birth control. ...

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Birth control exists as the solution of some of these matters that may cause very important problems. ... Only 50 percent of the couples on the world use birth control and women bear four children in average. ... Moreover, teen pregnancy is another issue that includes birth control need. ... Birth control is main savior of overpopulation. ... Today these matters are very current, and their common solution is safe birth control methods. ...

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Birth Control Having sex is about making choices. ... One of the many types of effective birth control is the male condom. ... Some birth control packages have several different colors. ... (http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/ecinfo.htm),(http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/ecinfo.htm) Another form of birth control is a diaphragm, which is a small, soft rubber dome with a covered flexible spring at the outer edge. ... You may need a different birth control method. ...

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Another reason why sex education is important is because it teaches young teenagers about birth control. ... There are many methods of birth control that can be used to prevent pregnancy. The most common ones are condoms, birth control pills, an intrauterine device, and diaphragm. ... Birth control pills can only be taken by women, and must be taken on a daily basis. ... Sex education will teach teenagers about birth control and how to use it. ...

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Due to the lack of birth control. ... Birth control is now more important then ever. ... It wasn't until 1844 that condoms became used as a form of birth control after the vulcanization of rubber (Birth Control). Yet, though all these birth control methods were created and practiced in various cultures, birth control in America was not legally allowed until after Margaret Sanger's birth control movement. ... They opened the first birth control clinics in America on October 16, 1916, in Brooklyn (Birth Control). ...

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Of the half-a-million teens that give birth annually, 72 percent are unmarried and 75 percent are giving birth for the first time. ... They assume that by giving birth to their boyfriends' babies, he will stick around longer and the relationship will improve as a result. ... There are condoms, birth control and many other forms of protection that are accessible to almost everyone. And if something goes wrong, there is the Plan B pill, which is not birth control but an emergency contraceptive. It's not as reliable as regular birth control which is why you shouldn't use it every t...

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Parent's Response to Birth-Control Throughout people's lifetime, there are something's that are better left unsaid. To most people parents are somewhat of an intimidator, and teenagers using birth-control is something that they like to keep quiet. ... Parents of daughters under the age of eighteen should not have to be notified if their daughter receives birth-control. ... Parents should also not have to be notified if their daughters are getting birth-control because they will not support the relationship as much. ... Out of all the girls I know who have made the choice to t...

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Before modern methods  of birth control,  women depended on withdrawal or periodic abstinence. ... She started to create handouts of data about birth control medication, and distributed her perspectives in a few magazines, for example, The Woman Citizen. ... Sanger was particularly intrigued by an oral contraceptive strategy for birth control medication, however it had not yet been devised. ... Such pregnancies still happen today, yet in much less numbers than before the birth control pill and other successful manifestations of birth control came into boundless utilization. ... This p...

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Most teen mothers are less likely to graduate from high school and their kids are often born at low birth weight or experience health and development problems. ... Also many teenagers agree because half of high school students nationwide report that they need basic info on birth control, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. ... Their teen birth rates are lower and the starting sex is a lot lower than the U.S (RTP1). ... But then again if they do decide to make the choice to have sex they should be responsible enough to use protection like condoms or some typ...

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Only 28 percent of the abused girls used birth control the first time they engaged in intercourse compared to 74 percent of girls in the general population (Malika Saada Saar 1). ... Comprehensive sex education programs stress abstinence in order to avoid unintended pregnancies and STD's however it also conveys complete and medically accurate information about contraception and ways of birth control. ... In order for adolescents to gain accurate and helpful information about contraception and birth control they must partake in comprehensive sex education programs in school rather than abs...

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The first major change in sex and gender I want to mention is the first U.S. birth control clinic opened in 1916 by Margaret Sanger in Brooklyn, NY. ... This birth control clinic would give women the choice of being able to have sex for other reasons such as recreation and changed completely how sex was viewed. Despite the law putting a brief halt to Sanger's cause, she did not hesitate as she then helped organize the National Birth Control League of the United State, which we now know today as the Planned Parenthood Organization. ... Sanger helped pioneer the way for a sexual revolutio...

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I have a friend that has parents that refused to acknowledge that she was curious about sex and wanted to learn about the multiple birth control methods and sex education classes were not provided in our high school. Her senior year, she ended up getting pregnant due to the lack of knowledge on how to properly use her birth control. ... In an article called "Abstinence Is the Most Effective Way to Avoid the Risks Associated with Sex", they only want abstinence methods taught in schools they say this, "Birth control is, on one level, not difficult to understand or to achieve: do ...

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Parents should be addressing topics such as changes during puberty, how women become pregnant, proper use of birth control and condoms, as well as homosexuality. ... In the latest study on parent-child talks about sex and sexuality, researchers found that more than 40% of adolescents have had intercourse before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or sexually transmitted diseases " (Park, 2009). ...

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The U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy and birth rate than any other industrialized country. In fact, every state has a birth rate that is higher than that of the United Kingdom. Out of all the teens in the U.S., nearly 500,000 give birth each year. Nearly eighty percent of all teen births are first births, eighteen percent are second births, and three percent are to teens that already have two children. ... Low birth weight babies are most likely to die within the first month of their life. ...

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Birth control is the control of birth or of childbearing by deliberate measures to control or prevent conception, contraception. An understanding of birth control requires some knowledge of human reproduction. ... Most birth control methods are made to prevent contraceptives. ... Some of the more popular birth controls today are the pill, condoms, Norplant, and the shot. All of these forms of birth control are used to prevent teen pregnancy. ...

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I gave birth at the young age of sixteen. ... The biggest problem with this is that many teens are not educated about their birth control options. Another problem is that often times the birth control is not readily available to them. ... However, this frequently means that they will need a parental signature to obtain these methods of birth control. ... The teens still had sex the same that they were in schools that did not provide birth control. ...

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This led to the importance and the growing interest in birth control. The pioneer of the American birth-control movement was Margaret Sanger who began her career as a promoter of the diaphragm and other birth control devices. ... But some birth-control devices remained illegal in many states. ... But now with birth control, women were able to take charge of their lives. ... Birth control is one of the most important things that led to the liberation of women everywhere. ...

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During Sex Education in schools, abstinence has been taught, whereas those who choose to participate in sex should be properly taught the right methods of using condoms and birth control. ... Because teen's bodies are not made to bear a child, 9.5% of teen births result in low birth babies, while 14% miscarry. This low birth weight babies are put at a higher risk of developing complications or disabilities, or even end in death. After teen mothers give birth to their babies, they are well aware of the life threatening facts of having another baby, yet 25% have their second child within tw...

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Women who give birth as teenagers share many similarities prior to becoming pregnant in terms of family background, racial/ethnic profile and education (Bissel, 2000). ... Many people think that teenage mothers are at high risk for poor outcomes from pregnancy and birth. Phipps and Sowers (2002) measured risks factors linked to poor birth outcomes in teenage mothers 16 to 19 years old, due to their age and status. ... Most teenagers that give birth to children drop out of school. ... One study found that teenage mothers who gave birth has a reduced rate of high school graduation (Hoffert et al...

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The woman did not consent to sex and did not have the choice to use birth control, so she should therefore be given the choice on whether to abort the child or to bear her attackers child when it's very existence brings back terrible memories. ... A pregnancy in which the baby suffers from a congenital birth defect is just as tragic as one caused by rape or incest. ... New techniques, such as amniocentesis, can give parents the information on potential birth defects even when the child is still in the womb. ... Bennett, from the years 1970 and 1990 show that illegitimate births went fr...

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