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I found this video, describing how individuals would creatively try to prevent pregnancies in our human history.

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Introductory Overview

I chose to compare contraception within the United States and Sweden. I feel this topic is important because teen pregnancy is a significant contributor to high school dropout rates among young girls. Also, the children of teenage mothers are more likely to have lower school performance, have more health problems, and predicted to be incarcerated at some time during adolescence. As a society, how can we progressively move forward when are youth is uneducated and re-creating the poverty cycle?

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LARC’s

In my opinion, if countries can offer LARC, (Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive), such as an IUD, or allow them to be more accessible, it can be cost effective for one’s society. Many of their research shows that an LARC reduces the rates of abortion and repeat abortion in numerous studies.

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Costs of Poor Education

Poor education on contraceptives, is the leading factor in inconsistent or no contraception usage among American women. Not knowing what option is best, can cause a woman to spend a fortune on direct costs, incurred by the healthcare payer or out-of-pocket expenses by women, and indirect costs, i.e., foregone wages from time away from work due to Unintended pregnancies and contraceptive-related consultations.

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List Of Articles & References

Baker, Candace. “America Needs Birth Control More Than We Care To Admit.” The Texas Orator, May 2017.

Brodie, Janet Farrell. Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-Century America. Cornell University Press, 1997.

Darroch, Jacqueline E. “Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Roles of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use.” Guttmacher Institute, PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH A Journal of Peer-Reviewed Researc, 6 Dec. 2016, www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2001/11/differences-teenage-pregnancy-rates-among-five-developed-countries-roles.

Edgardh, Karin. “Adolescent Sexual Health in Sweden.” BMJ Journals, vol. 78, no. 5, 2002, pp. 352–356., doi:10.1136/sti.78.5.352.

Hamilton, Martin. “About Teen Pregnancy | CDC.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017, www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm.

Kopp Kallner, Helena, and Sara Engstrand. “Cost of Unintended Pregnancy in Sweden — a Possibility to Lower Costs by Increasing LARC Usage.” CinicalKey, 1 May 2018, www-clinicalkey-com.ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S0010782418300295?returnurl=null&referrer=null&scrollTo=%23references.

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51% of all unintended pregnancies [within the United States] were because of inconsistent contraception use

Kopp Kallner

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Data shows that between 2007 and 2012, “there was a 28-percent decrease in teen pregnancy risk, yet sexual activity did not change”. Researchers found that this drop was due to an improved contraception use among teens.

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62 percent of American women of reproductive age are using some form of contraception, including those that help to control painful complications associated with reproductive conditions

Candace Baker

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It has only been 53 years since the Supreme Court ruled that professionals could provide counseling and medical treatment to married couples, regarding contraception, legally.

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While two thirds of Americans support [President Obama’s contraception mandate], the Trump administration is doing what it can to eliminate it in the name of religious freedom

Candace Baker

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