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How To Put Teens On Birth Control

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Whether or not to put teens on birth control is a very difficult decision. 81% of today’s teens, ages 15-18, are using a contraceptive method. (Facts On American Teens’) People, especially parents, ask themselves if teens should be on any type of birth control. Parents believe that by putting their kids on birth control, teens might think that they are giving them the okay to be sexually active. The best option is for teenagers to be on some type of contraceptive. In reality, teens make their own decisions, all parents tell them not to have sex, but at the end of the day they are the ones to make that decision. It is better to prevent than to regret the consequences. By putting teens on contraceptive, it will help prevent against unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.

Married couples that have a baby think it is a gift from God, but it can be the exact opposite for a teen. Statistics show that almost 750,000 U.S teens become pregnant and 79% are unmarried each year (Facts On American Teens) Teens don’t think of the conflicts that come with raising a baby, they just imagine themselves being parents. Having a baby as a teenage mother is very difficult. It affects with your education, work. Having a baby at a young age is a finically difficulty. Having to raise a baby, go to school, go to work to earn money to take care of …show more content…

Some health issues can come up that causes difficulties. Also, having to decide to keep the baby or to put it up for an adoption. Keeping the baby causes a teen to grow up faster than what they were intended too. More life changing situations. Giving the baby up for an adoption causes pain and depression. You carry the baby for 9 months so you gain that attachment, but you know that you are giving the baby the best life you possibly couldn’t give it at such a young

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