Contraception and family planning
I can describe different types of contraception and family planning, and explain different views on them.
Contraception and family planning
I can describe different types of contraception and family planning, and explain different views on them.
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Key learning points
- There are ethical questions that can be asked about the use of contraception and family planning.
- Non-religious people may use different approaches to answer these questions, including situation ethics.
- Non-religious people may consider reasons to support and not support the use of contraception.
- Humanists may consider the consequences of using them and support women's rights.
- Different types of artificial contraception use different methods to prevent pregnancy.
Keywords
Artificial contraception - methods of contraception that stop pregnancy through stopping the sperm being able to fertilise the egg
Contraception - precautions taken to prevent pregnancy
Family planning - the regulation of births; planning when to have a family and how big a family to have by use of birth control practices and/or contraception
Procreation - having a child; seen as a duty in many religions
Common misconception
All types of contraception work in the same way.
Different types of contraception use different methods, e.g., barrier, hormonal, surgical, intrauterine.
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