What Are The Arguments Against Birth Control

Choice or Control? Over seventy percent of teens would stop coming to the health clinic if their parents were informed every time that they tried to obtain birth control (Wind 1). Teens feel as if they can not come to their parents about birth control and feel as if their privacy is being invaded. Our state’s population rate has increased exponentially since the 1990s, and having access to birth control can prevent pregnancies to teens who did not intend to be parents. Currently, the law states that “seventeen-year-old girls will now be able to obtain the morning-after pill without a prescription” (Kelly 1). Teen pregnancy is a very preventable dilemma, but first teens must have confidential access to birth control in a trustworthy environment. Birth control is currently inaccessible because parents do not feel that their teens will change their opinions on birth control if the birth control were made more available and they fear that their teens will become more promiscuous. Although there are many other uses for birth control than just pregnancy prevention, this pill still has many restrictions on it. Most parents believe that teens will not change their opinions on birth control, regardless of the availability of it. Making the morning-after pill available to teens will make them “more likely to have intercourse or practice unsafe
Readily available forms of birth control would prevent unplanned pregnancies and the spread of STDs because teens would be able to get birth control on their own, which would make them more comfortable with whatever form they may choose. They would then use that method to prevent pregnancy. Today’s teens are sexually active individuals, and it is the people’s duty to make sure that they have the resources available to keep them