Did you know that according to dosomething.org, 3 in 10 teenage girls will get pregnant at least once before they turn 20? This statistic means that there are nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies every year, which is the leading reason that teenage girls are dropping out and never graduating from high school. I believe that by allowing women that are under the age of seventeen to have access to birth control without a prescription and the morning after pill that we are providing a necessary precaution to prevent and get rid of unwanted pregnancies.
There are many health risks,associated with teen pregnancy, for the infant and the mother. Also, it is commonly known that teen pregnancy correlates with with lower annual income, high-school drop-out, and substance abuse.
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I think it is unrealistic to say that birth control will encourage sexual activity among teens. People, especially teens, will have sex regardless of their access to birth control, and it is an unrealistic standard to believe that all Americans want to abide by the “moral standard” of not having sex before marriage. However, what these people aren’t realizing is that teenagers are going to do whatever they want to do no matter what any adult says, so giving them these pills is just a helpful precaution to prevent and or get rid of unwanted pregnancies. It is not a way to encourage it. Sexuality is a decision made by a person, hopefully with the knowledge of prevention of pregnancy and consequences. By having the morning after pill not be available to those younger, you just risk younger teen mothers. The morning after pill is in some ways a last resort – If other forms of birth control were not used. By not giving these girls the access to the morning after pill, we are just enabling unwanted