Morgan Beck
Kendra Gallos
English III Honors
19 April 2016
Birth Control: Should it be Sold Over the Counter? Birth Control and whether or not it should be sold over the counter is a very debatable issue. This issue involves teens, parents, teachers, young adults, and congress people. This topic is so controversial because certain groups of people believe oral contraceptives should be sold over the counter and the opposing group believes that oral contraceptives should not be sold over the counter. The supporting group believes that making birth control available over the counter would lessen the rate of unplanned teen pregnancy. The opposing group believes that making birth control available over the counter would just simply encourage teens …show more content…
There are many forms of birth control including the patch, the ring, the pill, and an IUD. “Cost is a particularly steep barrier for highly effective methods like the IUD or implant that not only have high upfront expenses, but also require a trained provider for insertion and therefore are not candidates for OTC status.” (Birth Control). A doctor has to insert the IUD inside your body and a pharmacist could not do that. One form of birth control may work better for one individual but not for the other and by making just the pill available over the counter would not work for all people using a form of birth …show more content…
There are many pros and cons of making the pill available over the counter and it is hard to decide whether or not the pill should be available over the counter. Making birth control available over the counter would definitely reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancy but also making the pill available over the counter would decrease the number of annual exams. By decreasing the number of annual exams, the individual would not be watched as carefully as they should be. These are the many reasons why whether or not birth control should be sold over the counter and the debates over
Kendra Gallos
English III Honors
19 April 2016
Birth Control: Should it be Sold Over the Counter? Birth Control and whether or not it should be sold over the counter is a very debatable issue. This issue involves teens, parents, teachers, young adults, and congress people. This topic is so controversial because certain groups of people believe oral contraceptives should be sold over the counter and the opposing group believes that oral contraceptives should not be sold over the counter. The supporting group believes that making birth control available over the counter would lessen the rate of unplanned teen pregnancy. The opposing group believes that making birth control available over the counter would just simply encourage teens …show more content…
There are many forms of birth control including the patch, the ring, the pill, and an IUD. “Cost is a particularly steep barrier for highly effective methods like the IUD or implant that not only have high upfront expenses, but also require a trained provider for insertion and therefore are not candidates for OTC status.” (Birth Control). A doctor has to insert the IUD inside your body and a pharmacist could not do that. One form of birth control may work better for one individual but not for the other and by making just the pill available over the counter would not work for all people using a form of birth …show more content…
There are many pros and cons of making the pill available over the counter and it is hard to decide whether or not the pill should be available over the counter. Making birth control available over the counter would definitely reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancy but also making the pill available over the counter would decrease the number of annual exams. By decreasing the number of annual exams, the individual would not be watched as carefully as they should be. These are the many reasons why whether or not birth control should be sold over the counter and the debates over