In the United States of America, President Obama intends to make birth control free and accessible to all women. This will give equal opportunity to women to control their bodies the way they want. Yet controversies have arisen, men and even the Catholic Church are speaking on this topic. This topic sparked a great debate about women's free use of birth control. This topic is important because women 100 years ago had very few rights; today women have many more rights. Yet, as we move into the future, men and women are still not equal. With the controversy over birth control becoming free through health plans, women have a chance to have control over their bodies. The three articles were provided on the course link website. Yet I reread the topic provided and chose the topic that spoke to me the most. I have found this to be a very relevant topic in today's society. These articles are also resented and do not embrace any father until 2012. These articles also bring the point of view of all three parties involved in this matter; women, men and the Catholic Church. The scholarly sources I found on the University of Guelph library website in the journal article databases. The type of discourse that will be used in this article is Foucauldian discourse analysis. Founcualdain states that freedom is essential to ethics, this argument discusses that women should have the freedom to have access to birth control (Holmes, O'Byrne, & Gastaldo, 2006). This is a power struggle between women who freely use birth control over the Catholic Church and men. The medium that will be used in this discourse analysis is newspapers. This is a political debate, and the law that is passed, the newspapers will be able to give the best options and a new cover... in the center of the paper... the other side of the debate. Yet I completely disagree with the information presented. Religion should be separated from the state, especially in the present time. When religious beliefs impede people's rights, they should not change the state's mind. I found that birth control should be free for all had a stronger argument. It proved that the view of unfree birth control was sexist and outdated, the only point made in the New York Times article was that it went against the Catholic religion. The pro-free birth control side has supported the false claim with studies and showing social changes in mentality over the year regarding sexual intercourse. The second article was also aimed at males, explaining the changes in sexual relations over time and thinking that contraception should not be subsidized is archaic.
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