Formal Outline Topic: Birth control access to teenage girls Thesis statement: Although teenage girls are prohibited from purchasing birth control‚ laws should be implemented to allow access to birth control as a means of managing safer sex‚ preventing the health risks and guarding them from the cycle of poverty. 1. Reasons for not allowing birth control to be given to teenagers A. It encourages sexual activity (Sex with many partners -promiscuity) B. Abstinence should be promoted
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What is birth control you may ask? Birth control is medicine that prevents pregnancy. According to 2005 data from the Supreme Court‚” twenty-one states permit minors to obtain contraceptive services without parental consent.” This number of girls is 42% of the United States‚ while the other 57% need parental consent. Teenage pregnancy is a large problem in today’s world‚ about 750‚000 teens become pregnant each year and the majority of these pregnancies‚ unintended. This is why birth control is such
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Although many people feel that parental consent is necessary for using birth control in teenager‚ there are three reasons why it is better if teenagers can use birth control without parental permission. II. Body A. Opposing argument 1 Parent involvement reduces number of abortions Rebuttal to argument 1 The result of parent involvement in birth control might be different a. Health risk of abortion VS birth control b. Degree of responsibility B. Opposing argument 2 Don’t
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Additionally‚ birth control is safer than other prescription drugs and should be sold over the counter because for one‚ it is not addictive. Buyers can not get hooked on taking oral contraceptives and the misuse of oral contraceptives will not result in overdose. Birth control does more than prevent
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Does giving birth control to minors result in sexual intercourse‚ of course not! Birth control is the number one factor in society today that needs to be encouraged to all teens. Birth control is not just about sex. It’s about protecting young females from pregnancy‚ protecting her health and body and also used as a factor to help maintain and balance female’s menstrual cycles due to heavy or abnormal bleeding. Most parents fear the thought of teaching their kids about birth control‚ is teaching
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menstruation. The drawbacks of the pill are that they must be taken at the same time every day otherwise the effectiveness will decrease. The advantages of this method would be its ease of accessibility. The pill aside‚ there are also many hormonal birth control alternatives. These include the ring‚ shot‚ patch etc. These methods work in a very similar fashion by releasing either estrogen or progestin into the bloodstream. These alternatives are sometimes preferred as they need not to be taken daily. Contraceptive
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consequences that can happen with having sexual intercourse such as unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. This is why birth control should be important in every teenagers life. Teenagers should be provided with various birth control methods to protect themselves‚ others‚ and their futures. Providing teens with birth control will reduce teen birth rates‚ less cases of sexually transmitted diseases will be recorded‚ and overall reduce the expenses on teen pregnancies. Others may
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3rd hour Debate Arguments Against Gun Control: 3rd Argument It is quite clear that by looking at criminals intentions and the overall protection of our country’s people gun control should not be administered. Since the establishment of our great nation guns have played a central role and have been of great importance. Though some may think that guns are weapons of war‚ crime‚ and violence our Founding Fathers realized they were an essential right that needed to be preserved for the citizens
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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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What if there were a solution to many of the global problems that confront us‚ from climate change to poverty to civil wars? There is‚ but it is starved of resources. It’s called family planning‚ and it has been a victim of America’s religious wars. Damon Winter/The New York Times Nicholas D. Kristof On the Ground Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. Go to Blog » Go to Columnist Page » Related News U.N. Says 7 Billion Now Share the World (November
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