Should Birth Control be Distributed in Schools? “Birth control has been pitched in the United States as an individual solution‚ rather than a public health strategy‚ the purpose of oral contraceptives was understood by manufacturers‚ physicians‚ and consumers to be the prevention of pregnancy‚ a basic health care need for women. Since 1990‚ the content of that message has changed‚ reflecting a shift in the drug industry ’s view of the contraception business” (Watkins‚ 2012‚ para
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when their parents refuse to administer a vaccine‚ which is defined as “a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections‚ by mouth‚ or by aerosol‚” by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services‚ (vaccines.gov). A copious amount of parents fear for the safety of their children’s lives when deciding whether or not to vaccinate‚ despite colossal amounts of extensive research conducted on the safety of vaccines. A vast amount of parents have the misconception
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Birth Control: Availability to Teens. Many teenagers today are very sexually active and take the risk that comes with sexual intercourse. Education is our number once source in getting sexual information out to our teens: “We have got to start educating our teenagers by introducing the ABC’s for sexual education. "A-abstinence; B-be faithful; C-latex condoms." (Rosenthal 113). A type of contraceptive‚ also called birth control‚ is to do just that: control birth. Teen and teen births are greatly
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Carolina the estimated teen parents is about 15‚957 mothers or soon to be mothers (Clark). Most teens become pregnant by having unprotected sex. This is probably because they don’t talk to their about those things‚ they may feel uncomfortable about this situation. Teens should have access to contraceptives without parent’s consent. Why should teens have full access to contraceptives? Many teens don’t want their parents knowing that they are having sex plus some parents will say no to having sex
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in 2010.” (Kaplan) Birth control is available to any teenager without parental consent in almost all states‚ excluding Texas and Utah. Teen girls should be able to have access to birth control without parental consent because it helps prevent teen pregnancy‚ it prevents young women from having to give their child up for adoption or having an abortion‚ and there are other benefits to taking hormonal contraceptives besides preventing pregnancy. About three in ten American teens get pregnant before they
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Contraceptives and Teenage Pregnancies The number of teen pregnancies nowadays has become prevalent. Every year‚ more than 360‚000 teen-aged girls who give birth in the United States‚ based on the statistics. There is a tendency that teen pregnancy that may increase the costs in terms of both social and economic of mother and children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weight‚ and to have
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Why Don’t Parents And Teenagers Always Understand One Another? There are many reasons why parents and teenagers don’t always understand one another‚ but I think the main reason is because there is poor communication between them. I’m sure parents wound understand teenagers more‚ if only teenagers had the strength of telling their parents what they thing and how they feel. This way parents would understand and accept the changes that their children go through as they become teenagers; especially
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Giving Birth Control Devices to Teenagers Giving birth control devices to teenager s is very common among today’s society. Parents want their kid to remain a virgin but in today’s world that is very unlikely. Many parents have trouble on deciding when to talk to your kids about birth control or just taking them to go get birth control. Parents have the decision on whether or not you support their child on having sex by giving them birth control. You have the worry of your child getting pregnant
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A trust a parents have with a child can sometimes be an obstacle. Parents may think teenagers at this age should not be having sex‚ but most teenagers are mature enough to make their own decisions. Teenage girls should be allow to obtain contraceptives without a parent’s consent. Having easy access to birth control can have a healthy benefits and better care for woman‚ and decrease abortion rates. About 70 percent of Americas favor legalizing over-the-counter birth control pills without a doctor’s
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Bernadette Cristobal Professor Christian Clark Eng 102 3015 17 October 2013 Pg 200 W1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Birth Control In this day and age there are so many forms of birth control available that if used correctly it is nearly impossible to have an unplanned pregnancy. The three most common contraceptive methods include the birth control pill which is filled with a combination of estrogen and progestin‚ the condom which is a physical barrier that stops the sperm from entering
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