Teenage Girls On Birth Control

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Teenage Girls on Birth Control
Introduction
Despite remaining the highest among the developed countries in the world, the rate of teenage pregnancies is today in over forty years at its lowest level in the United States. According to Kost and Henshaw (2012), approximately 67.8 per every a thousand women that are aged 15-19 years become pregnant every year. This is approximately 750,000 American teenagers and the majority fo them are unintended (PPFA 1). Despite the prevalent assumption the allowing teenage girls to use birth control is sexual acceptance by their parents, there are many advantages to parents supporting their teenage daughters on birth control pills. Due to the advantages, parents should allow their teenage girls should be allowed to use birth control pills.
Background
It is highly unlikely that any parent wants her teenage son or daughter to be sexually active, and most of the parents hope not to provide birth control pills to the sexually active teenager (Steinke). However, it is argued that as a parent what one wants to happen is often not the same as what actually happens, therefore, the need to provide the teenagers with birth control. However, arguments originating from different quarters indicate that even though birth control is proven as a means of STDs and pregnancies prevention the moral and ethical implications of encouraging a teenager to use such pills is compelling. The argument is that the supporters are brainwashed in believing that birth control pills are the only existing reasonable and viable means of contraception. This belief originates from years of years of being brainwashed by the pharmaceutical industry hence victims of misinformation (Hotze Health & Wellness Center 1).
This indicates the controversy that exists regarding the matter in society with different facets supporting different arguments. However, data strongly indicates that the use of control pills putting teenage girls on contraceptive pills are effective in the reduction of the incidences of teenage pregnancies and provides addition benefits to the health and well-being of the teenager.
Teen childbearing as aforementioned has been reducing in the united states since the 1950s. However, despite the decline, the country remains at the top of the list of the highest teen birth rate among the industrialized countries (Hamilton and Ventura 1). In addition, teen childbearing is becoming an increased concern of the public health due to the high risks for the teen mother and their children and the costs that are involved in teen childbearing. Data from the National Vital Statistics System indicate that the rates of birth in 2010 among teenagers was 34.3%. The birth rates for teenagers that were aged between 15 – 17 years was 17.3% in the same year (Hamilton and Ventura 2). Moreover, the rate of pregnancy for teens aged between 18-19 years was 58.3% with the number of babies born among teenagers aged between 15-19 years being 367,752 (Hamilton and Ventura 2). While these values represent a significant decline in teenage pregnancies and birth rates for the united states, these rates are significantly high compared to other industrialized countri...