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    What is birth control you may ask? Birth control is medicine that prevents pregnancy. According to 2005 data from the Supreme Court‚” twenty-one states permit minors to obtain contraceptive services without parental consent.” This number of girls is 42% of the United States‚ while the other 57% need parental consent. Teenage pregnancy is a large problem in today’s world‚ about 750‚000 teens become pregnant each year and the majority of these pregnancies‚ unintended. This is why birth control is such

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    Although many people feel that parental consent is necessary for using birth control in teenager‚ there are three reasons why it is better if teenagers can use birth control without parental permission. II. Body A. Opposing argument 1 Parent involvement reduces number of abortions Rebuttal to argument 1 The result of parent involvement in birth control might be different a. Health risk of abortion VS birth control b. Degree of responsibility B. Opposing argument 2 Don’t

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    Additionally‚ birth control is safer than other prescription drugs and should be sold over the counter because for one‚ it is not addictive. Buyers can not get hooked on taking oral contraceptives and the misuse of oral contraceptives will not result in overdose. Birth control does more than prevent

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    Does giving birth control to minors result in sexual intercourse‚ of course not! Birth control is the number one factor in society today that needs to be encouraged to all teens. Birth control is not just about sex. It’s about protecting young females from pregnancy‚ protecting her health and body and also used as a factor to help maintain and balance female’s menstrual cycles due to heavy or abnormal bleeding. Most parents fear the thought of teaching their kids about birth control‚ is teaching

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    menstruation. The drawbacks of the pill are that they must be taken at the same time every day otherwise the effectiveness will decrease. The advantages of this method would be its ease of accessibility. The pill aside‚ there are also many hormonal birth control alternatives. These include the ring‚ shot‚ patch etc. These methods work in a very similar fashion by releasing either estrogen or progestin into the bloodstream. These alternatives are sometimes preferred as they need not to be taken daily. Contraceptive

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    consequences that can happen with having sexual intercourse such as unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. This is why birth control should be important in every teenagers life. Teenagers should be provided with various birth control methods to protect themselves‚ others‚ and their futures. Providing teens with birth control will reduce teen birth rates‚ less cases of sexually transmitted diseases will be recorded‚ and overall reduce the expenses on teen pregnancies. Others may

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    Availability of Birth Control in Schools It is natural for all parents to always want what is best for the proper development of their children. In situations like unwanted pregnancies‚ sexually transmitted diseases and even abortions the best solution and also the desire of every parent is abstinence. However‚ we live in an era that promotes sex in all possible ways. It seems sexually charged music‚ magazines‚ TV and movies encourages youngsters into sex at an earlier age‚ possibly by suggesting

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    Birth Control is the most common method used today to prevent pregnancy. 98% of women in the United States have used birth control at some point. Today‚ 62% are actively using this method to prevent themselves from the chances of getting pregnant from unprotected sex. Birth control pills are one of the most effective methods of contraception when taken regularly and as prescribed. Though the most common use of this medicine is to prevent pregnancy‚ birth control also serves multiple other purposes

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    Birth Control In 2002 Amanda Phiede went into Kmart to fill a prescription. The pharmacist working there not only refused to give her the prescription‚ he also refused to transfer it so she could pick them up somewhere else. She wasn’t a minor; she was in college at the time and the prescription was legitimate. Neil Noesen‚ the pharmacist‚ was a devout Catholic and he refused to give the pills to her because he thought it was wrong (Forster). The pills you ask‚ were for birth control. Hospitals

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    old girls taking birth control It is essential that the women’s preventive coverage benefit‚ including contraception‚ be available to all women‚ regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.” (Gwen Moore)(brainyquote.com).What birth control is‚its an act of preventing pregnancy.Most women or girls take birth control because it keeps them safe and protected when having sex.Birth control could also prevent

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