Teen Pregnancy In The United States

Teen Pregnancy has become a major problem in the United States and this paper will explore the ways to help reduce that problem.Everyday thousands of teens are putting themselves at risk for pregnancies.Some ways to reduce teen pregnancies is to have more sex education in schools and also provide birth control methods and condoms.These ways will stop kids having sex and have kids pay more attention in school so they can pursue a career instead of having to go through the stress of having a kid and keeping their grades up in school. One way to reduce teen pregnancies is to have more sex education in schools.To prevent teen pregnancy, kids that are in sex-ed classes should be taught more than just putting on a condom but they should focus more on the consequences of getting pregnant or even getting diseases such as HIV or AIDS. Some parents think that they should teach kids about having sex, but some also think that …show more content…
Some of the things that they can use is condoms such as female condoms and male condoms. Another thing they can teach about is birth control. There are so many methods of birth control. One of them are the pills, there are two types of birth control pills the Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills and Progestin-Only Pills. The combined oral contraceptive pills contain two hormones, an estrogen and a progestin. They work by stopping ovulation and by stopping the movement of sperm to fertilize the eggs. Progestin-only pills contain just one hormone, a progestin. They stop the sperm from getting to the eggs. Another method is the Emergency Contraceptives such as the Morning After Pill or Plan B. The morning after pill can prevent pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex. It has the same hormones as the regular birth control pill. Plan B is sold as an over the counter medication,but teens who are under age 18 need a