Should Parents Be Allowed To Obtain Birth Control
Contraceptives without Parents’ Consent
Should teenagers be required to get their parents permission to obtain birth control information and contraceptives? Teen should be able to get the information and the contraceptives because they should be able to make their own decisions. It is important for the young teen to have access to information on contraceptives, have privacy to get these on his or her own, the prevent pregnancies and lesson the number of abortions.
Right to Privacy
Teens should have the right to privacy of getting their own birth control from the doctor. Amy (2002) from feminist.com says, "If we put barriers in the way of teenagers--such as parental consent for birth control--then they will simply take greater risks rather than …show more content…
In an article it says "In Baltimore, a city that has one of the highest rates of teen-age pregnancy in the country, the Laurence G. Paquin School is the only high school for pregnant teen-agers"(DeWitt p. 1). Every person that I graduated with has at least one child. The problem was is they were all scared to ask their parents about birth control because they were young and didn’t want to let them know that they were sexually active. Sometimes also a teen’s parent doesn't feel comfortable talking about birth control; they don't want their child to think they are condoning sexual activity. If ones a parent of a sixteen year old girl, it is his or her responsibility to make ones child aware of birth control choices to help prevent unwanted teen pregnancy. Rebecca Vesely (2005) for WeNews correspondent said,
70 percent of teens whose parents did not know they were at the clinic said they would not seek prescription birth control if parental consent were required. Among the reasons teens cited for not telling their parents they visited the clinic was a desire to be self-sufficient and a fear of disappointing parents (p.
Should teenagers be required to get their parents permission to obtain birth control information and contraceptives? Teen should be able to get the information and the contraceptives because they should be able to make their own decisions. It is important for the young teen to have access to information on contraceptives, have privacy to get these on his or her own, the prevent pregnancies and lesson the number of abortions.
Right to Privacy
Teens should have the right to privacy of getting their own birth control from the doctor. Amy (2002) from feminist.com says, "If we put barriers in the way of teenagers--such as parental consent for birth control--then they will simply take greater risks rather than …show more content…
In an article it says "In Baltimore, a city that has one of the highest rates of teen-age pregnancy in the country, the Laurence G. Paquin School is the only high school for pregnant teen-agers"(DeWitt p. 1). Every person that I graduated with has at least one child. The problem was is they were all scared to ask their parents about birth control because they were young and didn’t want to let them know that they were sexually active. Sometimes also a teen’s parent doesn't feel comfortable talking about birth control; they don't want their child to think they are condoning sexual activity. If ones a parent of a sixteen year old girl, it is his or her responsibility to make ones child aware of birth control choices to help prevent unwanted teen pregnancy. Rebecca Vesely (2005) for WeNews correspondent said,
70 percent of teens whose parents did not know they were at the clinic said they would not seek prescription birth control if parental consent were required. Among the reasons teens cited for not telling their parents they visited the clinic was a desire to be self-sufficient and a fear of disappointing parents (p.