“Young Teens Failed to Used Birth Control more Often”

“Seventy-six percent of all respondents in a survey, that if aware that not everyone had access to the full range of contraceptive methods, they would advocate for full access of birth control (Oh Thanks, Birth…1). Today, teens have been unable to equip themselves with the proper tools for safe sex. Safe sex programs have been increasing since the early 2000s. Many teens underestimate the responsibility that comes with having unprotected sex. In order to help sexually active teens prevent unwanted pregnancies, information needs to be made readily available. Teens need to have full access to birth control. Teens think birth control is separate from condoms (Safe sex facing…1). This misconception shows the gap in knowledge and highlights the growing problem of misinformation. Contraception should be made available in all high schools and teens should be informed about it constantly instead of just in a health class for just one out of eight semesters in high school.

Year in and year out “teen birth control use is up but still so many unwanted pregnancies” (Teen Birth Control…1). Many people go through adolescence with little to no knowledge of safe sex. Many teen pregnancies could have been prevented if we took the time to teach our young teens about the importance of safe sex. Teens used to know the caution of sex but as the years have gone on it has become less talked about and practiced more often in younger and younger teens. “Young teens failed to used birth control more often.” (Young teens failed… 1) We can not put all of the onus on schools to remedy unwanted teen pregnancies; parents, peers, and family should supply information to their children.

If we were in a utopia everyone would wait for marriage to have sex. That, however, is not the case and we should not pretend it is. A lot of people feel that ignoring the conversation and spending more time promoting abstinence will prevent teens from having sex but this is not the case. Not only do teens need to be informed about safe sex and how to prevent the spread of

STI’s and pregnancy, but they need the physical contraceptive themselves. “It is critical to ensure all young people have access to comprehensive sexual education and sexual reproductive health care services.” (It is critical … 1) Birth control ads are beginning to resurface due to the increased amount of STIs (sexually transmitted infections). With the proper education about safe sex, many teens could have made one simple adjustment and would have prevented making an egregious mistake which would alter their lives forever. Birth control experts believe schools should not only pass out condoms but also provide Sex-ed class (Gay 22). Pregnancy can always occur during heterosexual sex and therefore it is even more important for teens to do anything they can to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. For many teens losing their virginity happens when they are in high school. Teens who do not use birth control products during their first month of having sex are more susceptible to unwanted pregnancies( Teen birth control…). Based on these thoughts the importance of contraception is quintessential to diminishing unwanted teen pregnancies.

Despite opponents claims that allowing access to contraception is to condone premarital sex there is no factual data to support this claim. Studies conducted by Advocates for Youth have established that providing birth prevention to teenagers will increase sex activity practices among students, whereas it has no impact on the numbers of students engaging in sexual intercourse. Teenagers will know their parents and educators opinion of pre-marital sex if there has been an open and honest relationship established; as stated in Teen Birth Control, “teens are reporting that they want conversations about these issues” (Teen birth control…1).

As adolescents grow, folks will offer them helpful insight to assist them to create accountable, healthy decisions about their sexual activity. Teenagers often base their choices to become sexually active on peer pressure rather than on waiting for their parent’s opposition or approval. Many teens with very little sex education become confused by peers and can be pressured into sexual issues before they’re prepared. One of the most common Sex-ed topics is “how to say no to sex”. (Most common Sex-ed… 1) Therefore, if teens are educated on all styles of contraception and every one of the phases of sex they are going to encounter, they are more likely to perceive a stand and create intelligent choices on their own without their peers.

Nevertheless, there will always be extremists. Several pro-life organizations claim that contraception, in meditative kind, is a chemical abortion. Chemical abortions are outlined by these organizations as abortions that don’t seem to be medically induced, that means the sole intervention is with medication or chemicals. Many individuals also think that discussions on contraceptives are the same thing as proposing sex to teens. That to them is considered immoral. “Some groups resist birth control information because it does not lift their cultural patterns” (Gay 21). The idea of sex, however, is rarely “proposed” but often already there, it is just more of an abstract thought until education is provided or sought out.

Some instances may show some value, that will not stop teens from having sex. What we can do though is to provide them with the best way to keep teens safe, and showing them how to be responsible while having sex. Therefore keeping teens protected and informed. Many teens in today’s age are going to have sex through their teen years. As many people may know parents are not always there to protect them. Therefore teaching children young about contraception will provide a concrete foundation on safe sex. Narrowing the rate of unwanted teen pregnancies. “ It is critical to ensure that all young people have access to comprehensive sexuality education and sexual reproductive health care services to support their sexual and reproductive decision making,” Lindberg said in a Guttmacher news release (Fewer American Teens…1). If teens do not have the tools to have safe sex then there will be many problems that face not being protected while having sex. For instance, anger, confusion and, fear. Safe sex programs may include strategies that build up relationship skills and encourage delaying sex (Heller, Emily, And… 1). With these curving a path for teenagers to have healthy relationships, and show teens how to be in a relationship without having sex until the individual is ready.

While condoms are a form of birth control, when we think of birth control, pills and shots often come to mind first. Men can wear condoms, but it is the responsibility of a woman to go buy birth control pills. “Birth control remains elusive for more than 19 million women in the U.S., who live in contraceptive deserts.” (Birth control remains…1). A common concern for women is the possibility that they may become infertile or struggle with childbearing in their future. This is a myth and yet another reason why more in-depth conversations about contraceptives need to be had in school and at home. Safe sex is always a topic to have with your kids. If you talk to your kids about safe sex they have a better chance of having safe sex. (Safe sex is…2). Women, especially younger teenage girls, also may stray away from the idea of birth control because “[women] may not like birth control because they do not like planning ahead” (Gay 21). Boys are rewarded [for having sex] while women are shamed. (Another problem is…1) High school can be a rather hostile environment, and how people perceive you is incredibly important so when it comes to sex a lot of teenage girls would rather be unprepared than be reprimanded or judged for using birth control as a precaution. This unhealthy thinking leads to negligence, which can lead to pregnancies.

Within the last decade and a half, same-sex relationships have been greatly highlighted. A common misconception for same-sex relationships is: since there is no possibility of getting pregnant birth control is unnecessary. Sex-ed in schools has always been based on male and female relationships, with a new age of acceptance needs to come new conversations about the importance of physical barriers between partners of the same sex. Same-sex intercourse spreads STI’s just as much heterosexual intercourse if not more often. Another common mistake is that lesbian couples cannot contract STI’s from each other. 

Birth control devices should be passed out in high schools around Ohio and the U.S. Sex-education should be considered more important and take a more active role in teen’s education. Teens all over the world may have been given the wrong or no information about safe sex and contraception usage. Teenagers face several obstacles to getting to the necessary facts of birth prevention. A number of these obstacles embody confidentiality, cost, transportation, embarrassment, objection by a partner, and also the perception that the risks of physiological state and infection area unit low. The best we can do for today’s teens is to teach them the correct uses of contraception and ways of which to obtain it. If an adolescent goes to be sexually active they ought to have the proper knowledge and means in order to be successful in an accountable manner.

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