Teen Pregnancy and Birth Control Essay

Right to Birth Control To give birth whenever you choose to or to let motherhood come naturally? This question has been a sensitive topic since the introduction of birth control to women. Birth control has been around for many years, constantly changing and improving. Everyone has a different opinion on it and its use. Many believe that birth control does more harm than it does good. Though many do not agree, the access to birth control is highly important. We will see this through the control…

Baby Mama Drama Teen pregnancy is one of the biggest issues in America. It’s everywhere. It’s promoted on television, social media sites and even right here, in our local high schools. Teen pregnancy has become glamorized and young girls think it’s okay to have a baby before they are even twenty years old. What’s wrong with society? The problem of teen pregnancy can not only be prevented, but it can be stopped. There is no reason for children to be having children of their own. The USA has one…

way to stop teens from having sex. Seventy-nine percent of teenagers who become pregnant are unmarried. Eighty percent of teenage pregnancies are unintended. Most people aren’t abstinence anymore. Even though the teen pregnancy rate has declined over the past few decades, the fact of the matter is that the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western industrialized world. Most of the teen pregnancies occurring before 1980 were to married women; now most of today’s teen…

analyze the effect of parental consent for birth control on teenagers’ relationships. Some have found that up to 59% of young women would stop using contraceptives if parental consent were needed.” (Tamara El- Rahi) In Georgia, there is a family planning service named Title X Funding that allows youth under eighteen years of age to use family planning services without parental consent. Without Title X, Georgia would have approximately 50,000 unplanned births (Roman Espejo). Teenagers should not…

often times, by themselves? This is a problem that is easily avoided. The Texas education system seems to think that the method of strictly teaching abstinence is effective, however how can it possibly be effective if nearly an 8th of the nations teen pregnancies are coming from Texas? If Texas diverged from the traditional “moral” based sexual education program and began to teach contraceptives, like other innovative states have done, there would likely…

“Birth control prevents abortion”. Any teens that are not on birth control but having sex do not think about the possibility of getting pregnant. Teens who are sexually active need to be on birth control. Whenever teenagers know about birth control it can prevent the number of abortions and pregnancies. 74% of teens in America are sexually, and out of those only 7% are on birth control. Out of the 74% of teens that are sexually active 23% have had an abortion because of either the father to the…

Does learning about birth control in school deter teenage pregnancy? Over the past three decades the discussions regarding teenage pregnancy have been one filed with conflicting viewpoints and strong opinions. However, education on the issue of teen pregnancy can be healthy for the mind and healthy for the baby. The benefits of education to teenage children regarding birth control are very important as this allows the teenage population to become more responsible about the decisions that they…

teenage pregnancy in the state of Mississippi is one of the most pressing problems being faced by the government of Mississippi. This paper will focus on the health issue of unintended teen pregnancy in the state of Mississippi focusing specifically on teen pregnancy. An overview of teen pregnancy issue will be provided. An analysis of the current policies and programs in place will be presented. There will be recognition and analysis of policy options that can be used to promote teen pregnancy…

necessary, research shows teen birth rates can be greatly decreased. While religious or moral concerns may play a role in restricting teens…

known that many teens in America are sexually active. There are numerous forms of birth control, temporary and long term. The birth control that needs to have a deeper look into is the birth control pill. Although female contraception lowers teen pregnancy rates, teens under the age of 18 shouldn’t be having sex that often to where they need a stronger, more long term form of birth control.…