Morning After Pill Research Paper

In the United States, there were 309,060 teen pregnancies from the ages of 15 to 19 (Duffy 1). These numbers are alarming because teen pregnancy can cause many bumps along the road. There are many ways to prevent teen pregnancy, such as, condoms, birth control, and simply abstinence. However, when everything else fails there is an emergency contraception that helps prevent pregnancy, which is the morning-after pill. The morning-after pill is an emergency contraception taken after unprotected sex or when any mishaps occur with any of the birth control method. The morning-after pill is sold over the counter to ages 17 and older. In order for a minor to buy the morning-after pill, they need to get ahold of a prescription or have an adult buy it for them. The sooner the morning-after pill is taken, the more effective it is. Having minors wait for an adult to buy the morning-after pill for them or wait for a prescription, increases their chances of being a teen parent, therefore, the morning-after pill should be sold to minors. In order for the emergency contraception to be effective it needs to be taken within 3 days. However, the sooner it is taken, the more effective. By …show more content…
Referring back to Duffy, “there were 309,060 pregnancies in the United States (U.S.) among teenagers between the ages of 15 to 19 years” (209). In order to reduce and help prevent teenage pregnancy, minors should be allowed to buy the morning-after pill. The sooner the morning-after pill is taken, the more effective it is. Therefore, if minors have to wait for an adult to buy it for them or for a prescription, it can put up their chances of being a teenage parent. Although, minors are not emotionally and physically ready to engage in sexual activities and are certainly not ready to be teenage parents. Therefore, for minors to buy the morning-after pill over the counter it can help solve the problem of teenage