Teens are not as mature as adults, therefore precautions are needed to prevent unplanned pregnancies. “Dr. Vinita Goyal, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University offers some of the contraceptives for teens.” (Online article). Some of those options would be as followed: “IUD short for Intrauterine Device which is inserted medically and well tolerated in young women being 99 percent effective. The Pill short for Oral contraceptives which are available in different variety formulations giving the option to be taken freely. However, if not taken at the same time every day it can be less effective. Patches which are changed weekly and rings which are changed every month may be easy for a teen to remember. Injectable contraception requires a doctor visit every 3 months for a shot that may cause weight gain but may be easily remember over the pill and Implantable contraception rods are placed in the upper inner arm that remains for 3 years also 99 percent effective.” (Goyal).
With so many birth control options in the world today and little to no parents who wants to consider the right decisions about their young female other than teaching them about sex which your not, let’s take a look at some statistics about minor