How Does Contraception Affect Teenage Girls

For centuries contraception has been available to teenage girls all around the world. As years pass by teenagers find cheaper and easier ways to obtain the pill. Teenage girls may be tricking their own parents into buying or getting them a prescription for birth control. Some teens will try to find any possible way to acquire contraception because they are sexually active. The unsettling truth is young teenage girls are more focused on sexual activities instead of their childhood. Contraception is not only used for teenage girls who are sexually active, but they are also used to regulate irregular menstrual cycles. Once teenagers start to consume birth control, their menstrual cycles will be controlled to where it will come at a certain time each month. When taking some forms of …show more content…
What they do not know is that some of the emergency contraception pills do not work and will not lessen their chance of becoming “sixteen and pregnant”. This shows a valid reason why teenage girls should wait to be sexually active because they do not read up on the emergency contraception. Doctors recommend that teenagers, who are sexually active, use condoms as well as contraception if it is the first time consuming birth control because they are changing how their reproductive system functions. On the other hand, teenagers seem to have back-up contraception just in case. Teenage girls will find ways to escape the danger zone of sexual activity because they believe sex is fun and games, until someone gets pregnant. According to WebMD “After the first month, you can just rely on the pill for birth control.” However, birth control alone does not prevent pregnancy in certain women (“There Is a Way to Prevent Pregnancy after Sex.” Web; “Birth Control Pill: Side Effects, Effectiveness, How the Pill Works, and Types.” Web; “Effectiveness Rate of Birth Control Methods.”