Don’t you just love being a woman living in this day and age? When Girl Power is in full swing, with ladies holding key posts in the governments and the society, in general, and women are rallying in the forefronts of every cause imaginable: government bills on reproduction, climate change and other environment concerns and political issues. Gone are those days when women are left to tend to the house and children, illiterate and powerless, even to make decisions for her children, in fact, powerless even with decisions to make children. Now wouldn’t it be quite a violation of your woman’s rights to not even have the power to choose whether you are ready to have babies or not? You ought to have the final say since it is you who will carry this baby for nine months in your womb, nurse, care and breastfeed this baby just right after submitting yourself to the rigorous task that is labor and childbirth.
With the dawn of advancements in medical science and technology, it is such a relief to note that women are gaining access to essential medical tools like ovulation predictor, contraceptives and female condom, to assist them in carefully planning and timing their pregnancies or to choose not to get pregnant at all. It is also quite convenient to know that you can easily drop by a 24-hour drug store nearby and purchase a pregnancy test kit over the counter just so you will know that the 2-day delay in your menstruation is really nothing to worry about. The perks of being a women in the 21st century.
