Since the 1960’s, premarital sex has been on the rise in America, starting from a place where it was considered taboo by many to have sex out of wedlock. By societies standards today, marrying a virgin is almost unbelievable considering 95% of americans are engaging in premarital sex. A considerable amount of this percent are the teenagers. It is well known that many teens in America are sexually active. There are numerous forms of birth control, temporary and long term. The birth control that needs to have a deeper look into is the birth control pill. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control.
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This was the holy grail of the century because now there was a way to prevent pregnancies that you don’t have to physically carry around with you. Teenhealthsource.com says that there are not any age restrictions for being on the pill. The website says that as long as the young girl has started her cycle they can safely go about using the birth control pill. That means, in America, your 12 year old daughter can go get birth control as long as she has a ride to the doctor. Even some parents are aware of their young girls being sexually active and take them to the doctor themselves. The attitude is: well if they're having sex, we want them to be safe. This statement would be make sense if birth control pills were protecting these young girls but in fact, they're actually hurting them. There are many studies that link birth control with breast cancer; the risk is higher the younger you are. So even if you're taking it for reasons other than preventing pregnancies, you have to ask yourself, “is it worth it?” That’s a question that many people shouldn't expect girls at the youthful ages of 12 to 17 to answer
This was the holy grail of the century because now there was a way to prevent pregnancies that you don’t have to physically carry around with you. Teenhealthsource.com says that there are not any age restrictions for being on the pill. The website says that as long as the young girl has started her cycle they can safely go about using the birth control pill. That means, in America, your 12 year old daughter can go get birth control as long as she has a ride to the doctor. Even some parents are aware of their young girls being sexually active and take them to the doctor themselves. The attitude is: well if they're having sex, we want them to be safe. This statement would be make sense if birth control pills were protecting these young girls but in fact, they're actually hurting them. There are many studies that link birth control with breast cancer; the risk is higher the younger you are. So even if you're taking it for reasons other than preventing pregnancies, you have to ask yourself, “is it worth it?” That’s a question that many people shouldn't expect girls at the youthful ages of 12 to 17 to answer