Teen Pregnancy and Birth Control Essay

Teen pregnancy is preventable when the right methods are being used. Birth Control is one of the many approaches of doing so. It is shocking to take into consideration the rate of teen pregnancies present in the United States alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “In 2015, a total of 229,715 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Birth Control is not being further endorsed to young teenage girls even when the rate…

States isn’t doing enough to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Jennifer Swims goes to school at 7:15 a.m. comes home at 2:35 p.m. but instead of starting homework like most seventeen years old, she comes home and cares for her child. Then at 4:00pm, she starts work at McDonald’s not leaving until 12:35 a.m. Upon returning home, she plays with her son until 1:30am. Swims is lucky enough that she receives support from her family which allows her to attend to school but not all teen mothers are so fortunate…

regarded intimate activity that is worth being saved for marriage, but most young teens are experimenting it now for “enjoyment” or from peer pressure. Since more adolescents are having sexual intercourse, pregnancy rates are increasing. Teenagers are becoming pregnant because they are not practicing preventive contraception. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained 249,078 babies were born to young teens in 2014; nonetheless, the rates declined to 9 percent in the year of…

Is birth control really making an impact? In today’s relationships, women are taking birth control no matter how intimate the relationship is just as a precautionary. It has been proven that birth control has helped decrease teen pregnancy rates. If it is helping decrease teen pregnancy, why is it that parents have such a hard time, allowing birth control to be prescribed to their young adults? Parents may think or want to think that they can trust their children and that they are an angel in…

Teens are quicker to become pregnant than adults, which is why they should be able to get on birth control on their own. There was some research in Texas about teen pregnancy. They found out that teen pregnancy is higher in foster children than in the general population. Foster children who become parents usually get separated from their children. Their children usually end up in the system as well. The national teen rate for girls in foster care is roughly twice as high as the general…

Condoms and birth control pills fall under the category of contraceptives, items to prevent the spread of disease and pregnancy. Contraceptives are mandatory to prevent unplanned pregnancy and the spread of disease if one participates in sexual activity, but should they be offered in a school setting? According to a 2007 AP-Ipsos poll, “two-thirds of Americans” promote birth control being offered to students within public schools (“Why Schools Give Birth Control” 1).…

choice of birth control Teenage pregnancies are getting higher and higher amongst thirteen to nineteen-year old’s. What can be done in order to lower teenage pregnancy rates? Teenagers are taking part in unprotected sexual activities and they are ending up pregnant at a very early age. Many teens are not ready for the type of commitment that raising a child would takes. These teens are certainly not ready to be raising children. Should teenagers be able to decide when they choose to go on birth…

Each year, approximately 67.8 per 1,000 girls aged fifteen to nineteen become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, the majority -82 percent- are unintended (Planned Parenthood). Numbers such as these have lead to a the popular debate of whether or not birth-control pills should be available to teenage girls without a prescription. Many take the side that it should not be sold without a prescription due to potential risks that would be unknown to patients without an examination from a doctor. However,…

Teen childbearing can carry health, economic, and social costs for mothers and their children. Teen births in the US have declined, but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013. The good news is that more teens are waiting to have sex, and for sexually active teens, nearly 90% used birth control the last time they had sex. However, teens most often use condoms and birth control pills, which are less effective at preventing pregnancy when not used consistently and…

Teen Pregnancy rates are decreasing Being nineteen and under and expecting a child is what is label as a teen pregnancy. As well as many generations before us the trend in pregnant teens has been an interesting topic because the debate as to what can prevent underage child-bearing has been so controversial. Throughout the early 1900’s we seen a typical trend in women being old enough to get married, to then decide to have children, steadily change. By the 1950’s change in the typical women’s…