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A study from 2007- 2011 showed that 18% of 14-17 year olds in that study have had at least one abortion. (pg. 1). The abortions did not have to happen there are other options. Teen pregnancy is increasing and is totally preventable. Birth control is available to anyone with a parent’s consent and the money to pay for it if it is not free. Condoms do not cost a lot at all and can be purchased at almost any gas station. Birth control should be available to all teens for free and without a parents consent.
Teens may be too scared to ask their parents about getting birth control. Telling their parents that they are having sex is embarrassing. Not all teens have parents around to talk to. Some parents may ignore their teen’s plea for birth control because they simply want to ignore the fact that their child is having sex. Some teens may be afraid to tell their parents for fear they are going to be disowned or in a lot of trouble. (Larisa 2).
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Teens who are embarrassed about asking for birth control may not and then they have a greater risk of getting pregnant. If the teens did not need parental consent they might be more apt to go and get it. There is a study called CHOICE and the study’s first author and director Gina Secura, PhD., had said “This study demonstrates there is a lot more we can do to reduce the teen pregnancy rate.” (Secura 1). To lower the teen pregnancy rates there are many types of birth control such as long acting contraceptives: IUD’s and the arm implants and short acting contraceptives: the pill, patches, rings, condoms, and natural family planning. “From 2008-13 the annual pregnancy rate of teens ages 15-19 in the study averaged 34 pregnancies per every 1,000 compared with 158.5 pregnancies per every 1,000 in 2008 for sexually active U.S.