Essays on Reproductive Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO, 1948) defines Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There are many causes of teenage pregnancies and these include lack of knowledge/ low educational level, lack of parental care, communication and supervision, poverty, peer pressure, forced marriage,...

Abortion was one of the greatest scandals ever. Most people think it’s immoral and even believe it’s murder. The concept of abortion is ‘ Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by various methods, including medical surgery, before the fetus is able to sustain independent life.’ Many pro-life advocates don’t encourage the idea of...

We live in an age where more than 40% of teenagers participate in sex and 46% of that sex is unsafe sex. (Lohmann, 2018) Unsafe sex is sexual activities in which precautions are not taken to reduce the risk of spreading sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancies. The statistics make it clear that teenagers participate...

The recent decriminalisation of abortion in New South Wales (NSW) has received remarkable reactions. After more than 70 hours of debate, the NSW parliament overturned the prehistoric 119-year-old anti-abortion law (Australian Associated Press, 2019). Why has this archaic, degrading and cruel law taken so long to be addressed and why are many Australians against abortion?...

There are many different stakeholders regarding the issue of abortion. Including women involved, foetus, families, religion and doctors. Two common sides of this debate are ‘pro- choice’ or ‘pro-life’. People who are believe against the action of abortion are known as ‘pro-life’ as they support the life of the unborn baby. This group often believe...

Media is a format for people to hide behind the true meanings of opinion or beliefs through creating a topical piece which metaphorically creates a reaction. By creating texts, articles, lyrics and cartoons which have been published in the media reflect the social, demographical, economical and environmental impacts on our society. Each author actively uses...

Artificial Insemination by Donor (AID) Describing the Technology and How It Works Artificial insemination by donor (AID) is a procedure in which a fine, flexible tube is inserted up through the cervix and into the uterus, where a small syringe inserts the sperm sample (provided by a donor other than the woman’s mate) directly into...

In the Catholic Church Abortion is a sin and is counted as murder. In the Bible, we read (Psalm 139:13-16) “For you formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well....

As a child, growing up in a religious home, moral values were one of those things seen to be sacred which were not be compromised. Often questions of issues of homosexuality, abortion and rape were quite sensitive that we don’t talk about. However, with my little appreciation of Jurisprudence, it’s imperative to have a rather...

Introduction Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is defined as the implantation of a conceptus outside of the uterine endometrium (1). Major risk factors include history of pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal ligation and smoking as well as other factors age and intrauterine device usage (2). In New South Wales (NSW) the incidence of EP was found to be...