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BIRTH CONTROL
DEFINITION: (Contraception) a process or technique for the prevention of pregnancy by means of medication, device, or method, that blocks, or alters, one or more of the processes of reproduction in such a way that sexual union can occur without impregnation. (Mosby's Medical Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary)
NARROW THE TOPIC:
· What are some of the current birth control options?
· What health risks are associated with contraceptive devices?
· Should birth control be made readily available to underage teenagers?
· Should schools distribute birth control?
· What are some of the religious/ethical issues arising from the usage of birth control?
· Should teenagers seeking birth control methods be required to have parental consent?
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Contraception; Family Planning Methods; Conception Control; Planned Parenthood; Fertility Control; Sexual abstinence; Sex instruction
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE AREA:
Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties REF KF 4747.5 .E53 2006 Encyclopedia of Environment and Society REF HM 856 .E53 2007 Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics and Policy REF HC 110 .P6 P598 2004 v.1 Women and the Law "Contraceptives" REF KF 478 .K84 2003 West’s Encyclopedia of American Law REF KF 154 .W47
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:
CQ Researcher "Birth-Control Debate" 6/24/2005
Issues & Controversies "Teen Pregnancy" 9/01/00; "Sex Education" 1/05/01; "Abstinence-Only Education" 5/24/2002; "Teen Sex" 9/16/2005; "Pharmacists and the 'Right of Conscience' Laws" 3/10/06; "Birth Control Policy Update" 12/17/06
Opposing Viewpoints: Teenage Sexuality; Students' Rights; Teens At Risk; Reproductive Technologies; America's Youth
STATISTICS:
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/usecontr.htm
Information Plus: Women’s Changing Role "Contraceptive Use" (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm
Child Trends Databank http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
Global Health Facts http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/topic.jsp?i=72
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega
Health and Wellness Resource Center
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers
INTERNET SITES:
American Life League http://www.all.org/issues/brthcnt.htm Emergency Contraception Website http://ec.princeton.edu/ Family Planning http://www.familyplanning.org Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org Women's Health Issues http://www.feminist.com/resources/links/links_health.html Great to Wait.com
CITING YOUR SOURCES:
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