Persuasive Speech On Birth Control
Geneva Patterson
Tuesday/Thursday
12:15-1:30
Teens should be easily provided with Birth Control
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience teenage girls should be put on/easily provided with Birth Control.
Thesis/Central Idea: To truly understand the significance of high school girls being easily provided with birth control it is important to understand the reasons why it should be provided, the different types of birth control, and the benefits of birth control.
Organizational Pattern: Statement of Policy: Problem-solution
I) Introduction
A) Attention Grabber: Imagine you are a student in high school walking down the halls, and everywhere you turn there is another teenage girl that is pregnant. This might have been a reality in high school …show more content…
The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western industrialized world.
C) Credibility: Being the child of a teen mom and being that both of my sisters have been pregnant in high school, I was very interested in the statistics and what could be done to prevent this epidemic. And being on birth control throughout high school myself spiked my interest.
D) Thesis: To truly understand the significance of high school girls being provided with birth control it is important to understand the reasons why it should be provided, the different types of birth control, and the benefits of birth control.
E) Preview: Therefore we will kick this off with all of the reasons I feel teens should be on birth control, then head over to the types of birth control available to them, and finally travel over to all the benefits of birth control and teenagers.
Transition: First, let’s begin with the negative possibilities that can come with teenagers and unprotected …show more content…
2) On March 25th, 2004, Dr. Phil, a talk show host, wrote a story about a show when he is faced with a story of a 15 year old with a child already that is still not on birth control and wants to be put on. He says “The question is not whether to be put on it, the question is when you put her on it.”
Transition: Now that we have talked about the reasons why teens should be provided with birth control, let’s explore the different types of birth control.
B) As technology and science grows, we are introduced to so many more options of birth control.
1) The first, and the most traditional, birth control is the pill. It is an oral contraceptive taken daily to prevent pregnancy.
2) The second type of birth control is called the Depo. It is a hormonal shot taken every 3 months to prevent pregnancy.
3) The third method of birth control is called the IUD, which is placed inside the uterus and is good for up to 5 years.
4) All of these methods of birth control are used by women of all ages, but I think the best one in the case for high school girls would be the IUD because of the time frame that it
Tuesday/Thursday
12:15-1:30
Teens should be easily provided with Birth Control
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience teenage girls should be put on/easily provided with Birth Control.
Thesis/Central Idea: To truly understand the significance of high school girls being easily provided with birth control it is important to understand the reasons why it should be provided, the different types of birth control, and the benefits of birth control.
Organizational Pattern: Statement of Policy: Problem-solution
I) Introduction
A) Attention Grabber: Imagine you are a student in high school walking down the halls, and everywhere you turn there is another teenage girl that is pregnant. This might have been a reality in high school …show more content…
The United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western industrialized world.
C) Credibility: Being the child of a teen mom and being that both of my sisters have been pregnant in high school, I was very interested in the statistics and what could be done to prevent this epidemic. And being on birth control throughout high school myself spiked my interest.
D) Thesis: To truly understand the significance of high school girls being provided with birth control it is important to understand the reasons why it should be provided, the different types of birth control, and the benefits of birth control.
E) Preview: Therefore we will kick this off with all of the reasons I feel teens should be on birth control, then head over to the types of birth control available to them, and finally travel over to all the benefits of birth control and teenagers.
Transition: First, let’s begin with the negative possibilities that can come with teenagers and unprotected …show more content…
2) On March 25th, 2004, Dr. Phil, a talk show host, wrote a story about a show when he is faced with a story of a 15 year old with a child already that is still not on birth control and wants to be put on. He says “The question is not whether to be put on it, the question is when you put her on it.”
Transition: Now that we have talked about the reasons why teens should be provided with birth control, let’s explore the different types of birth control.
B) As technology and science grows, we are introduced to so many more options of birth control.
1) The first, and the most traditional, birth control is the pill. It is an oral contraceptive taken daily to prevent pregnancy.
2) The second type of birth control is called the Depo. It is a hormonal shot taken every 3 months to prevent pregnancy.
3) The third method of birth control is called the IUD, which is placed inside the uterus and is good for up to 5 years.
4) All of these methods of birth control are used by women of all ages, but I think the best one in the case for high school girls would be the IUD because of the time frame that it