In my opinion, anyone who gets pregnant as a teenager should have had better access to birth control and comprehensive sex education.…
Teenagers who become mothers have a very slim chance of having a good future. If a teenage girl gives birth while still in high school, she will most likely drop out to care of the baby. They also might not have the support of their family and therefore do not receive the knowledge of how to properly care for the baby. The mothers would be forced to rely on public assistance and advice on how to raise the child. However, if they do marry the father, they might end up divorced and have to raise their baby as a single parent.…
Pro Allowing teens access to various forms of protection may help decrease the amount of teen pregnancies taking place each year in the United States. Gone are the days when a teen pregnancy affected someone who was 16 or 17. There are now instances of 13- and 14-year-old girls having babies--teens who are completely unprepared to give birth and raise a child. If the child is not given up for adoption, the responsibility typically falls on the parents of the teen girl, the parents of the baby's father, or both.…
I think that teens should have access to contraception without the consent of the parent. If the relationship between the teen and the parents is genuine and good, teens may just feel comfortable enough to approach the parents about this but that is usually not the issue.…
Imagine being a teen and finding out you’re pregnant. What is your first thought? What will I tell my parents? What will I do with the child? A pregnant teen should learn more about her options. If she knows more about the different options, she will make a better decision. Abortion can be an opportunity that she is able to choose which way to have the abortion. Adoption can be kept confidential or can be open to being able to keep in touch with the adoption family. Parenting takes a lot of time, responsibility, and is very expensive. Teen pregnancy is a controversial problem in the U.S. Options for pregnant teens are abortion, adoption, or becoming a teen parent.…
Teens should have availability to birth control because it could lower teen pregnancy rates, therefore the United States should allow birth control availability to teens. Times have changed and new technology is available and that has led to new medicine such as birth control. Birth control is legal but teens have restricted access. The United Stated should change that because it could have a great affect on teen abortions and unexpected pregnancies.…
However, teenagers make their own decisions. Regardless of how many times parents can tell their child not to have sex, they end up doing it. It’s better to prevent a pregnancy before hand rather than regretting it and getting an abortion. Not to mention, in most states in the U.S abortion is illegal and this can consequently lead to a self made abortion, which has many risks for the fetus as well as the mother. Teenagers should be educated more about safe sex and…
In today’s society teenagers have a lot to deal with; they are a lot more mature than we were back in the days. Even though they deal with many different things I believe schools should get parent consent to give birth control.…
There would be fewer teen pregnancies if girls had free access to stay safe and shouldn’t have to have a parent with them to get birth control products. Also some clinics will give you prescription birth control without a parent present/consent. I believe that some birth control should be free because some parents can’t afford it. Also from experiences that I’ve seen and heard about, some teens are scared to tell their parents that they want on…
I think so. It's pretty ridiculous that anyone can procreate and keep the kids, but you have go to through red tape, often for years!, to adopt.…
Essay #1 (500 words) Should teens have babies? Do you think teens are mature enough to raise a child? What is the best environment for a child? Are two parents better than one? Are mature parents better than teens? What impact does environment have on a child? Include evidence from your readings to support your opinions.…
There are many obvious reasons why teenage pregnancy is a problem in and of itself. First being, the couple most likely is not financially stable and would not be able to support the child without help from their parents. Children that are born of teenagers are prone of being born premature, which can cause the undersized child to experience loss of vision and internal bleeding of the brain, which could ultimately lead to the child’s death. Another issue the mother could face is not qualifying for WIC (Women, Infants, and Children). If one does not qualify, then they will not receive benefits and checks from the government that grant them certain things their child needs. This means that the parents or guardian of the teenager would have to supply even more for the baby. Another thing the teenagers that engaged in sexual immorality could face is the risk of catching an STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease). This can cause many problems for the mother and unborn child during the pregnancy. One major problem is that if the mother has one of these diseases, such as Syphilis or HIV, she could easily pass it along to her unborn child during her pregnancy. If the child were to catch either of these diseases, it could very easily cause harmful effects and potentially leads to the child’s death before or after his…
High schools should pass out contraceptives to teens because it helps prevent unwanted pregnancies and premature motherhood. Nearly every high school student is not ready to become a parent. Teens being careless and not thinking about their future often don’t use protection or any other type of contraception, and as a result, young girls even at the age of 17 become pregnant or even earlier. Making contraceptives accessible to teens could help the risk of them becoming pregnant at such a young age. While others disagree, stating that there is only one way of knowing you won’t get pregnant at all is abstaining from sex. Being abstinence pretty much means that you wait till marriage until you have sex. Some schools even promote abstinence only education, and by teaching them that, students are not learning the risks of sex. They are not teaching them about the many deadly diseases that they could get (STDs), and how they could prevent them and prevent it. Although many think abstinence only is a good idea, I don’t. Almost every school has a sex Ed class or a health class; schools have the responsibility to teach us about sex…
Another reason I think that reduced teenage pregnancy is good is that it offers teenagers a chance to live their full lives. When teens have children in high school, they are less likely to complete high school or go to…
Teenagers who face unexpected motherhood are likely to drop out of school and rely on public health services (or not receive those health services at all). Bringing a child into a family that is not adequately prepared to support it would be a crime unto the child itself. Adoption is not always an option, either, and even if it were, there are not enough willing couples in our country who could afford to adopt and support the potential children who have otherwise been aborted.…