Birth Control in Schools I believe that some form of birth control should be provided in high schools. I strongly support this idea because; teen pregnancy is at an all time high. First‚ About one million teenagers become pregnant each year in the United States. The average age at which a United States adolescent has sexual intercourse is sixteen. Out of one hundred percent of teenagers‚ only forty percent use a condom. I believe that if high schools distribute condoms‚ the use of protection
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“Birth Control in schools” Birth Control in Schools Schools are the one institution in our society regularly attended by most young people-nearly 95% of all youth aged 5 to 17 years are enrolled in elementary or secondary schools (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 1993). Large percentage of youth attend schools for years before they encounter sexual risk-taking behaviors and a majority is enrolled at the time they initiate intercourse. Just as
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26 April 2011 Cause and Effects of Birth Control in Schools The supplying of birth control by means of condoms has been a rather heated subject for several years. Whether or not to supply such form of birth control and how to go about educating about this and other forms of birth control in schools have been debated by many. As well as whether or not to integrate giving out condoms in health and sexual education classes or to have the school nurse give them out instead upon request
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therefore contraception should be accessible in schools. Nowadays the rates of unwanted pregnancy at high schools are extremely high and grow every year‚ if more schools handed out contraceptives‚ this problem could potentially decrease. Even though some may agree with this idea‚ some totally disagree; thinking by handing out contraceptives will only encourage them to have sex. Another issue concerning some people is that by handing out contraceptives in school‚ is that if the parents need to give permission
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Availability of Birth Control in Schools It is natural for all parents to always want what is best for the proper development of their children. In situations like unwanted pregnancies‚ sexually transmitted diseases and even abortions the best solution and also the desire of every parent is abstinence. However‚ we live in an era that promotes sex in all possible ways. It seems sexually charged music‚ magazines‚ TV and movies encourages youngsters into sex at an earlier age‚ possibly by suggesting
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Bernadette Cristobal Professor Christian Clark Eng 102 3015 17 October 2013 Pg 200 W1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Birth Control In this day and age there are so many forms of birth control available that if used correctly it is nearly impossible to have an unplanned pregnancy. The three most common contraceptive methods include the birth control pill which is filled with a combination of estrogen and progestin‚ the condom which is a physical barrier that stops the sperm from entering
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Giving Birth Control Devices to Teenagers Giving birth control devices to teenager s is very common among today’s society. Parents want their kid to remain a virgin but in today’s world that is very unlikely. Many parents have trouble on deciding when to talk to your kids about birth control or just taking them to go get birth control. Parents have the decision on whether or not you support their child on having sex by giving them birth control. You have the worry of your child getting pregnant
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parents knowing that they are having sex plus some parents will say no to having sex. Most teens are mature enough to take precaution towards having safer sex; they are smart enough to get birth control. Though many teens are scared to go to a parent and prefer getting it on their own. The writer of ‘Birth- control access irks conservatives’ points out that family planning groups say that notifying parents would rip away traditional confidentially of the program. Teens might be afraid to come in for
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Birth Control: Availability to Teens. Many teenagers today are very sexually active and take the risk that comes with sexual intercourse. Education is our number once source in getting sexual information out to our teens: “We have got to start educating our teenagers by introducing the ABC’s for sexual education. "A-abstinence; B-be faithful; C-latex condoms." (Rosenthal 113). A type of contraceptive‚ also called birth control‚ is to do just that: control birth. Teen and teen births are greatly
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pregnancies nowadays has become prevalent. Every year‚ more than 360‚000 teen-aged girls who give birth in the United States‚ based on the statistics. There is a tendency that teen pregnancy that may increase the costs in terms of both social and economic of mother and children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weight‚ and to have developmental delays. Teenage mothers are less probably finish their
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