Question

What are the strategies to reduce birth rates? Based on the reading, compare and contrast the advantages and challenges to these strategies.

Answer 1

There are many strategies to reduce birth rates. Some include:


-birth control
Advantages: very high percentage that it will work, safe to use, can also control acne and length of a women’s period.
Disadvantages: some non-oral birth control methods might cause problems to inside organs, there might be weight gain, and some of the time you need your parents permission


-Condoms
Advantages: condoms are 98% effective, easy to buy, don’t need parents permission
Disadvantages: it might slip/break during intercourse, sometimes may not have the right “feel”


-Not having sex at all


-Abortion
Many people are against this, but it is a strategy. Might not be “right way,” but it is still considered as a strategy.


Hope that helps!!