Birth Control
One of the most debated aspects today is whether to control birth or let nature take its course. Before the 20th century, sex was a sensitive issue, and it was reserved for people in marriage. This was a time when the members of the society honored moral behaviors and abstinence was one of the core values. Birth control was highly condemned as the morals of the society would prevent negative issues such as abortion although a lack of birth control let to a high population which was dangerous for the limited resources. In the late 20th century, the societies had lost morals and people engaged in sex anyhow leading to unplanned pregnancies and abortions that put the lives of the women at risk. To prevent such risk behaviors and to control the escalated population, countries began legalizing birth control, and today almost every country has adopted birth control. While some people still protest birth control, it is a good idea as it helps women to improve their health, control population and reduce joblessness and poverty in the modern societies.
Birth control helps women to prevent pregnancy until when the body has recovered from the previous birth and conceive again when in good health. Without birth control, women would get pregnant at short intervals leading to deteriorated health, emotional and psychological disturbances which adversely affect their health condition. Some would resort to abortions when they get unplanned pregnancy, putting their lives at risk and also risking infertility. Hence, birth control helps women avoid such scenarios that put their health at risk.
Also, birth control has greatly helped in controlling the exploding human population and contributes towards peaceful nations. If it were not for birth control, the population would have gotten out of control. The consequences of overpopulation are clear. The high population would augment the scramble for limited resources which would lead to crisis and eventually spark a war among the people. There have been instances where pastoralists in developing countries fight over the pasture, how about if the people were competing for a scarce resource? People would fight over the scarce resources leading to insecurity and hostile world to live in. Thus, birth control is important in controlling overpopulation and preventing its problems.
Also, birth control is necessary because it prevents joblessness and poverty. Uncontrolled and frequent pregnancies deny both spouses time to work as they nurse the children. This reduces their working days in a year lowering productivity. Aside, the frequent births will contribute to many children depending on the less productive parents. This results in high poverty levels. Birth control would help in controlling pregnancies and allowing both parents to have time for work. Thus, birth control creates time for job seeking and reduces poverty as the parents earn incomes.
On the other hand, opponents would argue that birth control interferes with nature and prevents the conception of more beneficial human beings to God’s creation. However, this argument should not be welcomed since it does not consider the danger of overpopulation as enumerated above. Another counter argument would be that birth control measures lead to health risks such as high blood pressure and weight gain. However, birth control methods such as the use of condoms and vasectomy do not pose any risks. Furthermore, birth control methods have been improved to prevent side effects. Hence, birth control stands out beneficial to humankind.
Conclusion
Therefore, birth control is beneficial to man as it helps in improving women health status, controlling overpopulation to prevent negative issues such as crimes and war and minimizing joblessness and poverty. Birth control limits population growth and reduces scramble for few resources. It also helps women to plan pregnancies and have time for work hence reducing a number of non-working women and reduces poverty levels. It has prevented a situation whereby women would have children frequently as if birth machines and allowed them time to recover their health from previous births. Ideally, birth control is necessary for the world nations.
