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Remember me?. By Brittany Fields. Overview of Points :. What is birth control Pros and Cons of birth control Misconceptions of birth control Coverage costs. What is Birth Control?. Noun [ burth -k uh n-trohl]

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Remember me?

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  1. Remember me? By Brittany Fields

  2. Overview of Points: • What is birth control • Pros and Cons of birth control • Misconceptions of birth control • Coverage costs

  3. What is Birth Control? • Noun [burth-kuhn-trohl] an oral contraceptive for women, containing the hormones estrogen and progesterone or progesterone alone, that inhibits ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized ovum, causing temporary infertility

  4. 11.2 million (24%) women use oral contraceptives between the ages of 15-44 in the U.S • Contraceptives are only 93-97% effective to preventing pregnancy

  5. According to age

  6. Pros for birth control • Lightens a women’s menstrual flow • Does not interfere with sexual activity • Clears up acne • Minimizes the chances of getting ovarian and uterine cancer

  7. Cons for birth control

  8. Cons for birth control continued

  9. Cons of Birth control continued

  10. Misconceptions of birth control • Prevents Pregnancy • Weight gain • Birth control causes birth defects

  11. Prevents pregnancy :false

  12. Weight gain: false

  13. Birth defects: false • There is no evidence that a baby will have birth defects if the mother was taking the pill before she knew she was pregnant •  However, one should stop taking the pill if one does find out that they're pregnant

  14. Coverage costs

  15. Coverage costs

  16. Coverage costs continued

  17. Truth??? • Abstinence is the only option that 100% prevents young girls and women from pregnancy and STDs. • Parents, sit down and talk to your kids about sex and stress to them that having sex is truly a BIG decision.

  18. Works Cited • American Pregnancy. American Pregnancy Asociation, Aug. 2003. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. <http://www.americanpregnancy.org>. • Chantal. "Just Don't Do It: The Birth Control Pill." Weblog post. Eat Dance Live. 17 Jan. 2011. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. <www.eatdancelive.com>. • Creative Commons. Creative Commons. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. <http://creativecommons.org>. • Zaldivar, Ricardo A. "Obama Administration Outlines Options on Birth Control Coverage." MercuryNews.com. San Jose Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2012. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. <http://www.mercurynews.com>.

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