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Birth Control: Encouraging a healthy sex life

Cynthia Gomez

University of Texas at El Paso

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Abstract
Birth control is the first important step a woman must take toward the goal of her freedom. It is

the first step she must take to be man equal. It is the first step they must both take toward human

emancipation.- Margaret Sanger. Unplanned pregnancy has become an epidemic. Today one in

four children are born into families with a absent father. 10% of unwed women between the age

of 20-29 have an unplanned pregnancy. Sexual education is taught in schools but resources and

accessibility to birth control is scarce. Teen girls and young women have such a hard time

getting their hands on the medication. Many of these ladies dont even know they different types

of contraceptives there is and once in a doctors office its just too expensive to buy. Rather than

encourage a healthy happy sex life society shams woman for having intercourse; leaving the

prevention of pregnancy responsibility to the man. Unfortunately, that outcome of that has been

17.2 million unplanned pregnancies. The number of abortions done daily is also on a rise, as it is

the last and ultimate form of preventing a woman from having a child.
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Introduction

The same circle of life has occurred time and time again. Young lady gets pregnant, is

left by her partner to raise her child alone. That child then grows to be a teen and the story

repeats itself. Young, pregnant and alone. People have evolved so much. Better technology,

better education, better jobs, but this problem remains the same. Girls are taught to be successful

in school, with the career they decided but never get taught how to be sexual beings with

responsibility. The illusion of waiting until marriage to have sex is no more. Curiosity takes

over, feelings and emotions are involved and intercourse happens. The concept of having

protecting ready in case sex happens is not established. Promoting having different options of

conception is not ever talked about. 9 out of 10 times the female depends on the man to have a

condom and protect her from pregnancy. The problem with that is what happens when he doesnt

have a condom? Ladies need to learn not to be ashamed, but rather informed on how to take the

steps toward protecting themselves and their partner.

Different methods are available; a pill, a patch, shot, an implant, a IUD. Which is best for

the individual is a discussion between woman and doctor. Promoting safety is much more

important than abortions. The problem of getting any of these contractive is cost. In October

2017 President Trump placed a mandate on birth control coverage leaving more than 55 million

women without those benefits. Again, putting many at risk of unplanned pregnancy. Leaving

providing birth control to churches and nuns who want to help the public.

When a woman has a child, she didnt plan for or wasnt ready for it affects everyone.

That women will probably apply for Medicaid, which requires taxpayers money. She will need
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assistance with child care. Average annual daycare fee is estimated to be 7 thousand dollars, for a

low-income family it is sometimes too much. Leaving family and friends to help out that women.

College can be overwhelming with young children. With little time to study and homework it can

seem almost impossible to succeed in seeking higher education. To prevent all of these hardships

one must take all possible steps to prevent getting pregnant. Just how vaccines are giving to

prevent diseases some sort of method should be created to prevent pregnancy.

There are both male and female forms of birth control, none that protect from sexually

transmitted diseases and none that are 100% affective.

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Conclusion

Nothing is life is a guarantee and having a plan in order doesnt always work, but taking

the proper steps in preventing pregnancy is needed. Government should not dictate how a person

prevents pregnancy rather than making it so hard to receive contraceptives programs like

Planned Parenthood should be supported and funded more openly. The first step a woman must

take to reach her goal in life is to educate herself. To protect herself and too not depend on a man

to take responsibility. Engaging in sex must come with the idea of safety. Different methods to

accommodate everyones needs and encouraging youth to withhold reproducing children until

financially stable, to prevent going thru hardships with those kids.

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References

Lanae Erickson Hatalsky and Nathan Kasai, Donald Trump's Coming Abortion Surge, (2017,

Oct) US Newsweek

Johnson, Traci, (2014, September 1), Surprise Pregnancy: Could it happen to you?,

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pregnancy#2