The Benefits of Birth Control Birth control is available to everyone, anyone can go to the store and get a type of birth control. Except for the more complex kinds of birth control, people have to go to the doctor to get a prescription. Without birth control, many women would become pregnant at a young age when they don’t want or can’t afford a baby. Often times this can lead an to abortion, which is the killing of an innocent baby for absolutely no reason. Birth control prevents sexually active people from becoming pregnant and should be available to everyone who might need it. There are two main types of birth control found in the United States. The difference is that one of these methods is permanent while the other is just temporary. The temporary method is a birth control pill. There are two main types of birth control pills the first contains only progestin while the second contains both progestin and estrogen. Not only do birth control pills prevent pregnancies, but they can also prevent women from getting pelvic inflammatory disease. The pills also give women a lower chance of getting cancer in the ovaries and in the lining of their uterus. It is also said that “Women on oral birth control are far less likely to form cysts on their ovaries than women who are not” (Steven 2). Cysts are like cavities in the skin filled with liquid. If the pill is taken every day or within a given period of time after intercourse there is only a three percent chance of becoming pregnant. What birth control pills do is the prevention of eggs being released from the ovaries. Now there are many good things that come along with this method, but there are also some side effects which include: nausea, weight gain, spotting, not having a period, headaches, and possible facial skin darkening. Birth control pills are the most common temporary method, while sterilization is the most common permanent method used in the United States. Sterilization makes it so that the eggs or sperm cannot be released and possibly mature. Women can get a surgery called tubal ligation which means that the doctors take the fallopian tubes and tie them together so that no eggs can be released. Men however get vasectomies, which blocks the tube that the sperm travel through so that sperm can no longer exit. The two main reasons people choose this method is because people do not want anymore children, or do not want to take the chance of using a method that has a chance of not working. The tubal ligation is a more serious procedure, as it is thought of as a permanent surgery, it even has an age requirement and a waiting time. The vasectomy is less complicated and a lot less expensive because it is not permanent. A vasectomy can be reversed with a highly experienced doctor but it costs a lot of money (Steven 4-5). There are so many different methods
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Many people are for birth control, but, many who are against abortion are also against birth control. More specifically the plan B pill is frowned upon because it destroys a fetus which could be compared to abortion. Current studies also show that children getting abstinence education have been really taking it into consideration and staying abstinent. Abstinence education tends to reduce teen sexual activity which reduces the amount of teen pregnancies. Another controversy on birth control is whether it should be covered by insurance and whether pills should be over the counter and not prescribed by a doctor. Currently birth control is not covered by insurance but many people think that it should be. This is because people are affected by the high unemployment rate and have financial difficulties, so if they can’t afford birth control and are sexually active they are going to get into even bigger financial difficulties. Also, the fact that you have to go into the doctors to get a prescription to actually get a birth control pill. Britt Wahlin says “Research has shown that the prescription requirement is a barrier to many women accessing and using birth control” (Wahlin 2). There are many different controversies about birth control along with various opinions from many different people and
Many people are for birth control, but, many who are against abortion are also against birth control. More specifically the plan B pill is frowned upon because it destroys a fetus which could be compared to abortion. Current studies also show that children getting abstinence education have been really taking it into consideration and staying abstinent. Abstinence education tends to reduce teen sexual activity which reduces the amount of teen pregnancies. Another controversy on birth control is whether it should be covered by insurance and whether pills should be over the counter and not prescribed by a doctor. Currently birth control is not covered by insurance but many people think that it should be. This is because people are affected by the high unemployment rate and have financial difficulties, so if they can’t afford birth control and are sexually active they are going to get into even bigger financial difficulties. Also, the fact that you have to go into the doctors to get a prescription to actually get a birth control pill. Britt Wahlin says “Research has shown that the prescription requirement is a barrier to many women accessing and using birth control” (Wahlin 2). There are many different controversies about birth control along with various opinions from many different people and