Contributor
Rosenthal, Beth, 1964-
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
Description221 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:"Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model...not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections - by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens - include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations...all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the question raised and offer no slick answers." -- Booklist
Note:Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- ch. 1. How does birth control affect society? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Birth control is a privacy issue / Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations -- 2. Birth control is a public health issue / Robert P. George and David L. Tubbs -- 3. Birth control results in fewer abortions / William Saletan -- 4. Birth control results in more abortions / John B. Shea -- 5. Emergency contraception is harmful / Ann Shibler -- 6. Emergency contraception is not harmful / Jesse Mesich -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. Who should control access to birth control? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The government should fund comprehensive sex education programs / Eleanor Levie -- 2. The government should fund sex education programs that emphasize abstinence / Melissa G. Pardue -- 3. Employers and insurers should be able to refuse to cover birth control / Sheldon Richman -- 4. Employers and insurers should not be able to refuse to cover birth control / NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation -- 5. Pharmacists should be able to refuse to dispense birth control / Doug Bandow -- Periodical bibliography --
Note:ch. 3. Should teens have access to birth control? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Teens should have access to birth control / Tuala Williams -- 2. Teens should not have access to birth control / Janice Shaw Crouse -- 3. Abstinence-only sex education should be taught in schools / Moira Gaul -- 4. Abstinence-only sex education should not be taught in schools / Courtney E. Martin -- 5. Teenagers should need their parents' permission to obtain birth control / John Flynn -- 6. Teenagers should not need their parents' permission to obtain birth control / Rebecca Wind -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 4. What should teens be taught about birth control? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Condoms prevent HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases / Katha Pollitt -- 2. Abstinence prevents HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases / Shepherd Smith -- 3. The pill can have important health benefits / Amanda Schaffer -- 4. The pill can be harmful to your health / Judie Brown -- 5. The morning-after pill does more harm than good / Wendy Wright -- 6. The morning-after pill does more good than harm / Dana L. -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-207) and index.
