Consequences of Premarital Sex

Premarital sex is considered immoral as its consequences leads to other immoral behavior and also breaking of the law. When people engage in unprotected premarital sex, it will lead to unwanted pregnancies and children born out of wedlock. This leads to mental and emotional stress for couples who are not ready to bear the responsibility of having children. As premarital sex often occurs throughout teenage years and among teenagers and adolescents, many are not ready for unwanted pregnancies after engaging in premarital sex as they are neither mature nor responsible enough. This causes a number of unwanted pregnancies to be aborted. In many countries, abortion is deemed to be illegal thus is against the law. Also, children born to young couples who are not married might suffer physical, mental or sexual abuse. The number of such cases has been on the rise and it is believed that this is caused by young couples who engage in unprotected premarital sex that are not prepared to rear children. In other cases, girls that do not abort their foetus might abandon their babies as soon as they are born as they are unable to raise them. This leads to a rise in the number of babies being abandoned in the country. Most of the time, these babies are often dead by the time they are found. If caught, the mothers of these babies are punishable by the law. On the other hand, teenagers that engage in premarital sex can be going against the law if they are minors, even if there is mutual consent. Most importantly, as those that engage in sex before marriage usually have unprotected sex, there is a high risk for them to contract sexually transmitted diseases like Herpes, Chlamydia, Genital Warts, Gonorrhea, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases as people who engage in premarital sex tend to have multiple sex partners. Some sexually transmitted diseases can be treated if early treatment is sought. However, there has been no cure from AIDS. AIDS carriers that are unaware of their situation might pass the disease to other. Pregnant women may also pass it to their children. In order to avoid pregnancy, some unmarried couples that have premarital sex turn to birth control methods. As the natural birth control method is highly unreliable, many will opt for birth control pills and others. These pills may cause harm to women who use them very frequently and not in proper doses as prescribed. Some women that consume birth control pills might suffer serious side effects that may be fatal and cause death. Some become permanently sterile and are unable to conceive when they are ready.