Advantages & Disadvantages of The Pill & Fertility Treatments


	Advantages & Disadvantages of The Pill & Fertility Treatments
	Advantages pill has helped control overpopulation in countries and helped to create small families fewer poverty - less mouths to feed increase a woman's chance of becoming pregnant people can choose when to have children and how many mini pills cause less side effects fertility protects against some cancers	Disadvantages pill can cause health problems mini pill not as reliable side effects of pill: weight gain, blood clots, heart attack, strokes treatment may not always work have to remember to take the pill/ injection because the treatment boosts the production of mature eggs, multiple conceptions sometimes occur, with twins or triplets being expected this increases the risk of complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and may lead to premature or underweight babies health risks for mother expensive for couples costs hospitals a lot of money to keep premature babies alive ethical issues e.g religions say defies the natural pattern and balance of the universe may increase chance of other cancers if used long term
	Evaluation There are more disadvantages than advantages, having said that the pill is used by the majority of people and has only failed rarely.

pill has helped control overpopulation in countries and helped to create small families
fewer poverty - less mouths to feed
increase a woman's chance of becoming pregnant
people can choose when to have children and how many
mini pills cause less side effects
fertility
protects against some cancers

pill can cause health problems
mini pill not as reliable
side effects of pill: weight gain, blood clots, heart attack, strokes
treatment may not always work
have to remember to take the pill/ injection
because the treatment boosts the production of mature eggs, multiple conceptions sometimes occur, with twins or triplets being expected
this increases the risk of complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and may lead to premature or underweight babies
health risks for mother
expensive for couples
costs hospitals a lot of money to keep premature babies alive
ethical issues e.g religions say defies the natural pattern and balance of the universe
may increase chance of other cancers if used long term

There are more disadvantages than advantages, having said that the pill is used by the majority of people and has only failed rarely.

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