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The Pros And Cons Of Birth Control

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Have your parents ever said you were a mistake? Well, that’s a lie, If your parents didn't want you then they would have used birth control. Birth control wasn’t always around, back before birth control devices came about men and women relied on withdrawal or periodic abstinence. There are a vast amount of options like pills, sponges, patches, condoms, etc…. So if Birth control is an important invention that influenced the sexual revolution and has continued controversy today. Early attempts of birth control first came about in 3000 B.C. when men would use bladders and intestines as condoms. Fast forward to 1838 and condoms and diaphragms were made out of vulcanized rubber, using rubber made it more sanitary and more cost effective to manufacture. Birth control became legal to married couples in 1938. Although birth control became legal to married couples it was still illegal to unmarried women in 26 states. 34 years later in 1972, the supreme court legalized birth control for all citizens of the United States. Birth control pills had to be tested somehow right? Well, Gregory Pincus Believed the birth control pill was ready …show more content…

Our president has had an impact on birth control in general. For example, the Trump Administration allows an employer to be able to claim a moral or religious objection to contraception coverage. Companies, businesses, and people use social media like Planned Parenthood’s Fight for Birth Control campaign have used a Twitter hashtag like #Fight 4 Birth Control is part of a larger effort to demand an end to the attacks on women’s health and rights. With time came newer types of birth control. The transdermal contraceptive patch is a safe, simple, and affordable birth control method that you wear on the skin of your belly, upper arm, butt, or back. Put a new patch on every week for 3 weeks, and it releases hormones that prevent pregnancy. Then you get a week off before you repeat the

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