Women s Right Birth Control - 1633 Words

Women’s Right-Birth Control For many decades women have faced the issue of birth control along and women rights. Not being able to have a voice in matters that concern their personal life as well as their health, women were subjected to doing what society thought was morally appropriate like getting married and having children while giving up their right to receive an education or go to work. Women who were not ready to have children at that time relied on birth control which is a contraceptive that is used to prevent pregnancies. Many women found themselves battling the issue of their sexual lives been put into question simply because they chose to use birth control. Author Rickie Solinger stated â€Å"many believe that a woman’s decision†¦show more content†¦Women’s rights and birth control are important to Americans for several reasons. One reason is that birth control is a major component of preventing unwanted pregnancies and women have to the right to choose to use contraceptives to prevent pregnancies from happening. Secondly, people only seem to think of birth control as a method of preventing unwanted pregnancies but in fact birth control has been used to treat other health problems as well and lastly, birth control is a type of preventive care that should be available to all women who need or choose to you it or otherwise there would be an abundance of unwanted pregnancies, abortions and even adoptions. Women have always been thought of to be the bearer of children. A mother figure for her family who cares for her children using birth control would take away that ability for the possibility for that to happen. In today’s society many women have taken a different route on becoming mothers. They have become more concerned with their careers and social lives rather than giving birth so taking birth control was an easy and guaranteed way to ensure that a woman was not having children until she was ready. However, during historical times it was considered morally incorrect for a woman to use any type of contraceptive method for preventing pregnancies. There were several women advocates that were against the use of