Against Birth Control Essay

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In Women I Believe

I believe that birth control needs to be an equal opportunistic, affordable human right given to women in The United States. Birth control access has been scientifically proven to lower rates of pregnancy, suicide, and abortion. The allotment of contraceptive use is expensive, and was once generally covered by employers. Recently Donald Trump rolled back on the mandation of birth control rights in the workplace. This leaves the decision of birth control access up to the employers, across America. A woman should be able to decide where, why, and when she wants to have a child. For many women, delaying pregnancy is helpful completed with the use of birth control.
Fortune 500 recently published a leadership article, highlighting the workplace gender
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99% of these women reported having had used a method of contraception method before at least once. This is nearly every women in this category that was questioned. More than 60% of women that are currently in the reproductive bearing stage, report using contraception reliably, and continuously. But, not all of these women are taking the pill, using condoms, or becoming surgically sterile to prevent pregnancy. Thousands of women use birth control to ease the pain of their menstrual cramps, or lighten their period. Additionally, many women use hormonal methods of contraception to help clear their acne, and skin breakouts. Other uses for birth control include easing symptoms of endometriosis, easing pain associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition that results in cysts on the ovaries. Ginger Gardner, Doctor of Medicine and gynecology, reported that certain methods of birth control can reduce a woman's risk of ovarian cancer by 50%. There are many different birth control methods available to women, to meet their needs, whether they be treatment, or preventive