Birth Control On Teenagers Relationships

“Studies have been carried out to analyze the effect of parental consent for birth control on teenagers’ relationships. Some have found that up to 59% of young women would stop using contraceptives if parental consent were needed.” (Tamara El- Rahi) In Georgia, there is a family planning service named Title X Funding that allows youth under eighteen years of age to use family planning services without parental consent. Without Title X, Georgia would have approximately 50,000 unplanned births (Roman Espejo). Teenagers should not have to have a parent's consent for birth control because they are going to have sex regardless. Most teens would not even get birth control if their parent would be notified, and because the lack of communication with …show more content…
In fact, studies show that kids are going to have sex, birth control or not, which could lead to anything like pregnancy, or transmitted diseases. (American Civil ). Next, it is better to be safe and give children birth control that will help them a lot more than not giving them anything and them hurting themselves. If teenagers are only allowed to have a parent with them when getting contraceptives there is going to be a concerning increase in health, as well as kids. (American Civil).For example, a teenager could have unprotected sex once and get pregnant all because they were not allowed to get condoms or birth control. Specifically, if teens are not entitled to be in the office without parent consent that would just make them not even want to come at all. It could hurt them drastically when it came to having to get a screening, check up, testing, or anything.(American Civil ).Teens should not have to even be in the situation to be too scared to go to a doctor's office because of getting caught. They could no longer just be taking care of themselves, and since they have to have parental consent, it makes them stay far away as possible. Teens should not have parental consent because it could lead to diseases, an increasingly amount of pregnancies, and health …show more content…
For example, according to an article called Journal of the American Medical Association, about one and five girls whose parents are informed if asked to use birth control would not. (Nardo). In fact, if parent consent had to be required teens would not even bother because they would not want to risk getting in trouble, and most likely use condoms which are not as secure as birth control. Plus, girls who live with their mothers are more probable to ask and tell their parents they want to take birth control than girls who live with a male figure (Nardo). Most girls would not feel as comfortable talking to a man about certain things as they would a woman who has been through the same problems they face. A male figure would not relate as well as a female and would not understand how they feel in certain situations, like getting birth control. Some would not see it as them trying to be safe some females would not quite understand, but more women are more likely to relate than a male. Another example, according to surveys minors wait about 18 months to access family planning services after having sexual interactions. It is more than likely that if parental consent might be required that it would just increase the amount of time even more that it takes to access family planning services. (Espejo). Since it is already a problem now, there is no reason to make it an even bigger