RH bill considers a prohibited act (Sec 21) if a health worker ” refuses to perform voluntary ligation and vasectomy and other legal and medically-safe reproductive health care services on any person of legal age on the ground of lack of spousal consent or authorization”. The Catholic and Muslim nurses and doctors who refuse to perform ligation or vasectomy‚ will
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parent of a teenage girl could hear is “I’m pregnant.” Birth control is one of the best things that is made. Giving access to birth control for teenage girls without parental permission will lower teen pregnancy rates‚ allow young girls have a great future‚ and can also have decreased stress levels. For a long period of time‚ women and men tried many methods to prevent pregnancy.¨ In 1916‚ Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States.¨ ¨In 1938‚ a case involving
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Formal Outline Topic: Birth control access to teenage girls Thesis statement: Although teenage girls are prohibited from purchasing birth control‚ laws should be implemented to allow access to birth control as a means of managing safer sex‚ preventing the health risks and guarding them from the cycle of poverty. 1. Reasons for not allowing birth control to be given to teenagers A. It encourages sexual activity (Sex with many partners -promiscuity) B. Abstinence should be promoted
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http://www.ehow.com/about_5127713_pros-teen-access-birth-control.html Pro Allowing teens access to various forms of protection may help decrease the amount of teen pregnancies taking place each year in the United States. Gone are the days when a teen pregnancy affected someone who was 16 or 17. There are now instances of 13- and 14-year-old girls having babies--teens who are completely unprepared to give birth and raise a child. If the child is not given up for adoption‚ the responsibility typically
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Choice or Control? Over seventy percent of teens would stop coming to the health clinic if their parents were informed every time that they tried to obtain birth control (Wind 1). Teens feel as if they can not come to their parents about birth control and feel as if their privacy is being invaded. Our state’s population rate has increased exponentially since the 1990s‚ and having access to birth control can prevent pregnancies to teens who did not intend to be parents. Currently‚ the law states
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teenagers be given birth control is a controversial topic today. Although birth control is the best method to prevent any unwanted pregnancies or diseases. Some parents have a hard time trying to decide if they should give the birth control for fear that moral and ethical misunderstanding on the issue. Before deciding anything they should decide the pros and cons to birth control and if there might be any other alternative choices or any benefits. A big advantage to birth control is it best way to
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“625‚000 teens became pregnant 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
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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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