Essays on Contraception

Introduction

Contraception as a method of population control has elicited mixed reactions from different quotas of the society. A section of religious conservatives still hold onto it that abstinence and not contraception should be the only approach to population control. On the opposing side, modernists believe that contraception allows is not only effective but also people freedom to reproduce when they wish. Canada is among the few countries on the globe where contraception has been implemented as a legal approach towards population control. In Canada, legalization of contraception was not solely done to curb population explosion but also as a ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers. Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

A proposal on the Analysis on the Views of Women’s Reproductive Health in the 19th Century and Interpretation of its Historical and Contemporary Impact Analysis on the Views of Women’s Reproductive Health in the 19th Century and Interpretation of its Historical and Contemporary Impact

Background and Rationale

The issue of women’s reproductive health has been a contentious issue for a long time dating back to the early 19th century when it was first made public. However, major steps and changes have taken place between then and now due to legislation, women’s rights campaigns and the works of certain ...

Throughout the history, there were created many films that involved the elements of sex and sexuality. One of such films is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 movie, Boogie Nights which describes the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this industry viewers have a chance to meet a lot of characters which are passing through different problems. The protagonist of the story is a handsome seventeen year-old nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams, who was introduced to the pornography industry. One night pornographer Jack Horner noticed Eddie and turned him into a porn star Dirk Diggler. ...

Abstract

The purpose of writing this research paper is to evaluate the legislative standing of abortion. Throughout history abortion has been a controversial issue, and still is. The US Courts have given their rulings on many cases involving abortions that have transformed over the time. Abortion is a controversial issue and has given rise to many questions in the context of political science and law. Several abortion related matters have been discussed in this work such as the brief historical account of abortion rulings in the court of the US, and the impact it had on the cases; how successfully ...

The Catholic Church has in recent years played an ever more important social role in people’ lives and it has throughout the twentieth century it has entered some very interesting conversations which have a very direct impact on the way people live their lives. One of the most controversial decisions taken by taken was passed on by the Papal Encyclical Humanae Vitae which clarified the Church’s position on contraception and what those implications were on the church’s competence or role in interpreting Natural Law. Natural Law is something of a slippery subject and one that many different ...

Introduction and Background

Abortion is a term that is used to define the premature termination of pregnancy. According to James E White, abortion refers to the intentional termination of the pregnancy before its conception (James 82). However, a pregnancy may fail to reach its conception stage due to natural causes. Thus the woman is termed as having a miscarriage. Miscarriages are acts of nature and beyond the human control. Due to advancement in medical technology cases of miscarriages have significantly reduced. Correspondingly, abortion does not necessarily cause the death of the fetus, but detaches it from its life support hence reducing the ...

The Millennium Development Goals make up the action plan created by the United Nations in order to help developing countries improve their living conditions, medical services, educational and social aspects of their people’s lives. This work is aimed at the consideration of the eight Millennium Development Goals with regard to nursing profession. The legacy of the famous Florence Nightingale cannot but influence the perception of these Millennium Goals. Many of her opinions and attitudes resonate with the Goals, which is impossible to overlook. Florence Nightingale’s avocation was nursing and helping ill. Therefore each and every nurse familiar ...

Young adults engage in sexual activity for a myriad of reasons ranging from peer pressure to the desire to be seen as normal even to the wrong kind of sex education in schools and at home. Peer pressure is one of the main reasons why young adults engage in sex. The young adults have a desire to fit in with their friends and not to be seen as different or less cool. They are likely to engage in sexual activity because everyone else is doing it. Another reason is the frequent sexual messages and images in all kinds of ...

Adolescent pregnancy is one family planning issue that is being addressed by initiatives under the Healthy People 2020. Adolescent or teen pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in females aged 19 years or younger (UMMC, 2011). Baseline figures show that in 2005, there were 40.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 17 years old and 116.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 18 and 19 years old (ODPHP, 2016). This issue needs to be addressed because of the physical, social, and economic consequences to young girls, their children, their families, and society. Teens have a higher ...

Many people can suggest that legislation is the only way to reduce abortions. However, the article will argue out to find out whether there is a way to lower abortion rates without involving legislation. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy that is not only a mere personal choice but also a grave offense against God. Therefore, abortion should not be used as a substitute form of contraception. It is understood that abortion is murder, no one needs a rocket science to comprehend this, and there are no compromises possible. Humankind must shield life whenever possible. The churches have stood ...

The questions of birth control have always troubled mankind. The search for methods of contraception and abortion by doctors doing started in the ancient world. Throughout the history of mankind abortion is one of the oldest problems of medical ethics, philosophy, law and theology. The mention of abortion is found in ancient Chinese writing more than 4,600 years ago. There is evidence that the ancient inhabitants of Australia tore the membranes to cause miscarriage. Moreover, the women of East Africa caused an abortion with special wooden sticks. This paper is dedicated to clarification of the methods of birth ...

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was born in 1895 and had great influences in his life like his father being a Rabbi ( Jewish Virtual Library, 2016). He came to the United States in 1937 where he became a Yeshiva in New York. He was well-known for his work as a religious law authority figure and his rulings were respected by people across the world. He was dedicated and selfless; people would approach him with their problems and dilemmas. His decisions were published and continue to influence people of this community. Rabbi Moshe gave his opinion on a number of issues, including ...

The main purpose of the current paper is to define corresponding tendencies related to different social changes influenced by the religious beliefs and the supporters of a particular religion. Despite the fact that almost every religion is based upon the respective concepts of supernatural and sacred presuming themselves to have nothing in common with objective reality, representatives of particular religious groups not only tend to follow their own code of ethics and way of life but are also willing to spread their ideas to the masses imposing their own values on the social masses that are not necessarily belong ...

Currently, in all American states, sexually active teens can access contraceptives even if they do not talk about sex and pregnancy with their parents and even without the consent of the parents. Contraceptives are the devices or drugs that are used to prevent a person from getting a pregnancy that is not planned for. Some contraceptives like condoms even avoid the transmission of STDs and HIV. However, some federal and state lawmakers wish to take away the ability by teenagers to protect themselves and other involved parties like their parents, partners and babies (Eichner & Maxine 87). They would like ...

Introduction

Durex was founded in 1929, when LRC (The London Rubber Company) registered the brand name. Durex released its first lubricated condoms in 1950s and became the first company to perform electronic testing. Durex is also the innovator of anatomically shaped condoms that revolutionized protected intercourse with the addition of lubricants and sex toys (Durex). The contraception industry has been growing for past few decades throughout the world, as condoms have been useful in the prevention of STDs, especially the fatal disease called AIDS. In addition, condoms have also been successful in protecting pregnancies and helping many families plan their ...

People hold different views on matters of contraception in relation to abortion and Marquis is no different. According to him, abortion is immoral since it deprives the fetus the benefits it ought to enjoy in the future as well as the art of appreciating its current position as a fetus. He excludes the abortions done with regards to special cases such as prior to implantation, if the life of the mother is threatened by the fetus and in cases of rape. He, however, does not view the use of contraception in relation to abortion as morally wrong even though ...

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES

Contraceptives can be dated from way back in the biblical era and there have been significant efforts to make improvements over the years to the various birth control methods. In the more recent days there are more than a dozen birth control methods practiced in the society. Some of this birth control methods include hormonal, oral, surgical and more commonly the physical methods of contraceptive. For one to be significantly protected from sexually transmitted illness and the unplanned pregnancies the more important thing is awareness and education on various methods available to them.

Injectable contraceptive

Contraception could be defined as the ...

One of the most pressing issues in American Health Policy is going to be whether contraceptive care (birth control and family planning options) is going to be covered by government health insurance? This issue has come to the forefront in many conservative states such as Texas who have used legislation to defund Planned Parenthood to promote more anti-abortion and anti-contraception funding measures. What has happened as a result is that thousands of women have been left without family planning care who cannot afford it. The article chosen is called Four Key Issues in Health Law That Are As Relevant ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 was signed into law on March 23, 2010 (HHS.gov., 2015). Referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is a health reform effort that has generated a great deal of controversy due to its complexity and wide range of impact. The ACA is mainly concerned with mandating that every person in the country have some form of health insurance. Almost immediately after the legislation was passed, marketplaces for health insurance appeared and businesses hurried to find coverage for employees. There were some very negative changes that resulted such ...