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Birth Control Contraceptive or Abortive? Birth Control: Contraceptive or Abortive? Chrystal Mueller COM125 Thomas Snell January 5, 2007 Birth Control: Contraceptive
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Birth Control: Contraceptive or Abortive?
Chrystal Mueller
COM125
Thomas Snell
January 5, 2007
Birth Control: Contraceptive or Abortive?
Our Physicians may not be telling us the whole truth about hormonal birth control methods; they prevent pregnancy in three ways and the third way is abortive. The Birth control pill was introduced in 1960, as soon as 1962, 1.2 million American women were taking birth control. In 1965, 5 million American women were taking it. In 1973, 10 million American women were taking it. In the 1980's the birth control rate dropped due to harmful side effects of the pill. In 1990 there were over 10.7 million American women who currently take the birth control pill.
There are many types of birth control available today. Most birth control methods use a combination of hormones that work to prevent pregnancy in three ways. The first way is to prevent ovulation this is the primary mechanism. The problem is that birth control does not always prevent ovulation. The next way birth control works is to thicken the cervical mucus to make it more difficult for sperm to travel to the egg. The last way birth control works is to thin and shrivel the lining of the uterus to the point that it is difficult for a fertilized egg to implant. When the egg is unable to implant into the uterus it causes an early abortion. Preventing ovulation and thickening of cervical mucus are contraceptive. Thinning and shriveling the uterus is abortive.
The exception to birth controls that cause abortions are abstinence, (refraining from sex), natural family planning or rhythm method (abstaining from sex only while one ovulate), condoms, (used by the male to prevent sperm from entering the woman) sterilization (a permanent...
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