Should Teenagers Have Access To Birth Control Essay

Should Teenagers Have Access To Birth Control? Over time, the issue of whether or not teens should have access to birth control has been debated. Parents, teachers, church groups, doctors, and even the government have all had a say in the discussion. There are some who oppose birth control for teens. However, there are those who believe that having birth control as an option is the only choice. Republican Senator Glen Grothman of West Bend, Wisconsin is trying to block teenagers from receiving birth control from state funded women's health programs. He claims that the birth control program "is recruiting young girls into promiscuous lifestyles, and called it offensive and un-American." However according to new nationally representative data published in the (Journal of The American Medical Association), roughly one in five teenagers
During the late 1980's, some researchers believed that there may be a link between oral contraceptives and some cancers. However the findings of the Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences (Women's CARE), examined the use of oral contraceptives as a risk factor for breast cancer in women ages 35-64. Researchers interviewed 4,575 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 1994 and 1998 and 4,682 women who did not have breast cancer. Investigators collected detailed information about the participants' use of oral contraceptives, reproductive history, health, and family history. The results, which were published in 2002, indicated that the current or former use of oral contraceptives did not significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. The findings were similar for white and black women. Factors such as longer periods of use, higher doses of estrogen, initiation of oral contraceptives use before age 20 and breast cancer were not associated with an increase risk of