Comments on: Contraception and Women’s Health

By: Birth Control: Key to Averting Environmental Disaster | JAV Simson

Birth Control: Key to Averting Environmental Disaster | JAV Simson — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 01:33:51 +0000

[…] is the last of a three-part series on contraception and women’s health, social well being, and the […]

By: Contraception and Human Social Well-Being | JAV Simson

Contraception and Human Social Well-Being | JAV Simson — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 01:32:13 +0000

[…] only is contraception good for women’s health, it is good for the health of a society, for the well-being of all its […]

By: Contraception and Women’s Health | joannevalentinesimson

Contraception and Women’s Health | joannevalentinesimson — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 01:20:37 +0000

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By: 'Personhood' by Any Other Name | CauseHub

'Personhood' by Any Other Name | CauseHub — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:33:34 +0000

[…] has posted a number of thoughtful and informative essays on contraception. Simson points out three critical factors seldom considered in all the arguments for and against contraception: women’s physical […]

By: “Personhood” by any other name | Boomers & Beyond

“Personhood” by any other name | Boomers & Beyond — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:01:54 +0000

By: Birth Control: Key to Averting Environmental Disaster | joannevalentinesimson

Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:55:36 +0000

[…] major causes of death prior to the nineteenth century were disease, malnutrition and childbirth. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, these threats to human life were tackled and […]

By: Contraception and Human Social Well-Being | joannevalentinesimson

Contraception and Human Social Well-Being | joannevalentinesimson — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:54:46 +0000

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By: joannevalentinesimson

joannevalentinesimson — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:49:25 +0000

Kathy, yes indeed, we should. Contraception is basically what liberated Western women from the often deadly burden of constant childbearing. This is truly a women’s health issue. Besides this, contraception has made it possible for married women to have fewer children so that they could contribute creatively to other aspects of society and culture. I believe it was “the pill” that set women free from the tyranny of their gender roles. Back when my mother was young, if you wanted to be a professional woman (including a teacher), you simply didn’t get married.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:47:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing this well-thought information, Joanne. I was just reading a book about women in the eighteenth century and how so many died in childbirth and how few survived childhood. We don’t often think of that today–but we should.

By: joannevalentinesimson

joannevalentinesimson — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:01:38 +0000

Thanks, Carol. Contraception certainly IS a women’s health issue – both physical health and psychological health!