Teen Pregnancy and Birth Control Essay

In the United States, there were 309,060 teen pregnancies from the ages of 15 to 19 (Duffy 1). These numbers are alarming because teen pregnancy can cause many bumps along the road. There are many ways to prevent teen pregnancy, such as, condoms, birth control, and simply abstinence. However, when everything else fails there is an emergency contraception that helps prevent pregnancy, which is the morning-after pill. The morning-after pill is an emergency contraception taken after unprotected sex…

in today’s society is if girls should have access to birth control without parental consent. More than half the percent of people say ”yes” and the other half say “no” to teen girls having birth control without the consent of parents. 82% of people are for teen girls being able to obtain birth control without approval of parents and 18% of people are not for teen girls being able to obtain birth control without approval of parents. “If teens believe they are responsible enough to have sex and…

Birth Control is a very serious thing that is world wide and is a huge part in all teeanagers lives. Birth control is how you prevent pregnancy before the pregnancy actually happens. There are a lot of different methods that work really well and are easy to use. There are also many different types of birth control, such as implants, patches, pills, and shots. One main question that is a big problem is Should Teens from Low Income Families Have Free Access to Birth Control? This could lead to…

mother. Indeed, teenage pregnancy is still a problem we need to address. Increased exposure to Sex Education will drastically lower rates. To clarify, teenage pregnancy is defined as any female between the ages of thirteen and nineteen becoming pregnant with a child. In the case of the United States, 750,000 of females become pregnant each year. To illustrate, one in every three females. That’s a big number that calls for concern. Even though the rate of teenage pregnancy occurring in the U.S…

As a family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), I was tasked with developing a Program for the Prevention/Reduction of Teenage Pregnancies in my rural Community where I would provide consultancy and leadership in health care policymaking and program planning. In my community, there has been an increase in teenage pregnancies. The stakeholders that I chose for this program included people representing teachers, nurses, doctors, parents, church leaders, and students. This program was an evidence-based…

abortion. By offering free birth control and better educate not just women, but men on sex then we can decrease the amount of unintended pregnancies which could cause the abortion rate to lower. A nationwide program that educates young people of all races and sexualities how to practice safe sex is a better solution than a health class that has a curriculum that varies state to state and only teaches abstinence rather than practicing safe sex or simply offering birth control. Education in all…

unplanned pregnancy. It is important for teens to have knowledge in regards to avoiding pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. With abstinence being the only 100% effective way in avoiding an unplanned pregnancy, there are many birth control options for women of childbearing age in the United States. Are birth control methods used by all women or are some religions against their use? While a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrates that teen…

As a female, I have to make sure I take care of myself and prevent any hurt, harm, or danger or unplanned issues from coming my way. One way I make sure of is that I keep u to date with my birth control. My current birth control method is the Depo-Provera shot, to illustrate; Depo-Provera is a shot of hormone/ progestin that keep the eggs from leaving the ovaries and also makes the mucus thicker to keep the sperm from getting to the eggs. Depo-Provera has its challenges of not being on the shot,…

Background Teen pregnancy is by definition “age 13 to 19, which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her core education—secondary school—has few or no marketable skills, is financially dependent upon her parents and/or continues to live at home and is mentally immature”(Segen 's Medical Dictionary). Teen pregnancy is not a new phenomenon, but has only become a problem when the average age of pregnancy went up. For females ages 15 (2011) make up 23 out of every 1000 births…

less fortunate. Planned Parenthood’s roots began in 1916 with Margaret Sanger. That year, Sanger and two other women opened up a birth control…