Birth Control Access to Teens
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 1. It is 100 percent effective 2. Sex is not for teenagers
11. Reasons for providing teenage girls access to birth control A. Easy access to birth control makes sex safer 1. Prevention of unwanted pregnancies 2. Decreased incidence of abortions B. Reduces the likelihood for the cycle of poverty to continue 1. Shielded from further poverty 2. Having a baby is costly 3. Obtain high school diploma C. Reduces health risks associated with teenage pregnancy 1. Protection from STDs 2. Lack of prenatal care 3. Anaemia, high blood pressure and placental problems 4. Emotional trauma such as depression, stress, shame and guilt 5. Low birth rate/premature births of foetus
Birth control access to teenage girls
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. Currently, teenagers below the legal age of consent, that is 16 years, do not have access to birth control. According to the Allan Guttmacher institute, it is estimated that nearly 850,000 teenagers in the U.S still get pregnant each year and the vast majority is unintended. Indeed, teenagers are having sex and putting themselves at risk for serious problems. So which do we prefer, teenagers engaging in unprotected sex or
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 1. It is 100 percent effective 2. Sex is not for teenagers
11. Reasons for providing teenage girls access to birth control A. Easy access to birth control makes sex safer 1. Prevention of unwanted pregnancies 2. Decreased incidence of abortions B. Reduces the likelihood for the cycle of poverty to continue 1. Shielded from further poverty 2. Having a baby is costly 3. Obtain high school diploma C. Reduces health risks associated with teenage pregnancy 1. Protection from STDs 2. Lack of prenatal care 3. Anaemia, high blood pressure and placental problems 4. Emotional trauma such as depression, stress, shame and guilt 5. Low birth rate/premature births of foetus
Birth control access to teenage girls
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. Currently, teenagers below the legal age of consent, that is 16 years, do not have access to birth control. According to the Allan Guttmacher institute, it is estimated that nearly 850,000 teenagers in the U.S still get pregnant each year and the vast majority is unintended. Indeed, teenagers are having sex and putting themselves at risk for serious problems. So which do we prefer, teenagers engaging in unprotected sex or
References: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2005/01/18/ (tom Farley) http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/04/1539041/nyc-teen-pregnancy-drop/?mobile=nc http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/11/1568311/teen-birth-rates-plunge/?mobile=nc (national center for health statistics) http://misacor-usa.org/index.php/teenage-pregnancy-and-poverty teenage pregnancy and poverty Teen Pregnancy, Poverty & Income Disparity, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/teen-pregnancy-medical-risks-and-realities. http://www.youthdevelopment.org/download/sex.pdf (national survey of family growth)