Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: George Cadbury, Teenage Pregnancy, Henry Morgentaler

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Does sex lead to babies having babies: adolescent pregnancy in canada, rates of teen pregnancy, childbirth, abortion declining in the recent decades, outlook for mother and baby better than previously thought. Impact of baseline economic status > impact of adolescent childbearing: social and economic support available, social isolation no longer common, day care centers in many high schools. Contraception in canada: criminal code (1892-1969, birth control is obscene "tending to corrupt morals, providers were liable to imprisonment, unless accused could prove provision of contraception was. "for the public good: ablert kaufamn, dorthea palmer, dr. elizabeth bagshaw, contraception potentially legitimate (for public good ex. Latex, synthetic, animal membrane: animal membrane condoms don"t prevent stis, cut down the middle to form barrier for oral sex on female, barrier methods -female, diaphragm. Long history of vaginal barrier methods, including egyptian papyrus, describing use of a hollowed out lemon.