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According to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina the estimated teen parents is about 15,957 mothers or soon to be mothers (Clark). Most teens become pregnant by having unprotected sex. This is probably because they don’t talk to their about those things, they may feel uncomfortable about this situation. Teens should have access to contraceptives without parent’s consent.
Why should teens have full access to contraceptives? Many teens don’t want their parents knowing that they are having sex plus some parents will say no to having sex. Most teens are mature enough to take precaution towards having safer sex; they are smart enough to get birth control. Though many teens are scared to go to a parent and prefer getting it on their own. The writer of ‘Birth- control access irks conservatives’ points out that family planning groups say that notifying parents would rip away traditional confidentially of the program. Teens might be afraid to come in for help. However when teenagers don’t let their parents know about their sex life and then they find out it could ruin their relationships. Parents should let their child know when they are at a younger age of what it could cause but also it is a doctor’s responsibility to explain the health risks and a teenage girl should have the freedom to choose to be on birth control. Its shows that they are responsible and mature for going and getting birth control on their own. If they think they are old enough to have sex, then they should be allowed to go get birth control on their own. Four out of every five American’s engage in intercourse before the age of twenty. With the majority of young teens having sex birth control should not only be as promoted as condom’s but also as easily accessible. Legally, only some clinics are allowed to sell birth control to minors without their parents consent however teen girls with access to city clinics are not the only teens girls having sex. Birth

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