Should birth control be given to high school students?

Question

Whats your opinion?
I'm undecided whether to give birth control to my sister.
Reality is that high school kids ARE engaging in sexual activities, but would giving your own kids mean giving them permission to do so?

Answer 1

No.

Giving birth control out to high schoolers is not the solution--if anything it may be the CAUSE. It's telling them that you expect them to have sex.

Just about everyone knows that if you don't use birth control, chances are good a baby will come along. If you don't give out birth control, I'd think kids would be a bit more hesitant to jump into bed with each other because they know what can happen.

Plus birth control is never 100% effective.

Answer 2

Yes i would have to agree to that because when teenagers have sex some don't have the common sense to go and get put on birth control or use condoms or they are too embarrassed to go and buy them.

Putting your teenager on birth control is not saying go out and be a wh*re , have sex whenever, it is saying it is best you don't become a teenage mommy.
If you would rather have a sister pregnant at age 15/16 then turn your head but if not get her on birth control.

I myself got on birth control myself when i was 16 years old. I did not have to ask my mom to do so i just went to the health dept., got checked then they gave me the depo shot. I was on it up until i was 20 when i stopped it to get pregnant which i done so by age 21. I am still with the guy that i lost my virginty too, we married last year but we have been together for 12 years (in may).

Getting on birth control was the best thing i could do because i did not want a baby at age 16/17/18/19 years old.

Answer 3

There are so many other birth control methods to use. Why possibly mess her hormones up by going with the most high risk side effect form of birth control. This is also something that SHE herself should talk about with her gyno after her annual or at a checkup.
Condoms work just as well and protect her from STDs that the pill will not.

Answer 4

Yes they should and do have access to birth control. Teens are human and humans are sexual beings period. They need no ones permission to have sex, it is 100% up to them. High school students are not children and should be treated as growing young adults. They also need no ones permission to obtain birth control they may do so on their own.

Answer 5

I think high school students should be given birth control! The fact is that kids are having sex. Would you rather them be safe? Or ended up having a kid at a young age. If you don't give it to them they can just go to a clinic and get them for free with out parent permission!

Answer 6

I don't think giving high school students birth control is giving them permission to have sex. It is simply acknowledging that it is a possibility. However, I would have conversation with her about STIs and how condoms are the best (but not perfect) protection against them. I've heard that one in four college-aged women have HPV, which can lead to cervical cancer. Not to mention HIV, etc. The pill is great, but should be used in conjunction with a barrier method.

Answer 7

It depends on your definition of birth control.

If you are talking about condoms, then yes. Every female should be prepared if she's even thinking about becoming sexually active. Condoms aren't just the responsibility of the guy. And, despite peer pressure, many girls decide not to have sex in high school. Sit down and have a serious discussion with her, and get her opinion on it. If she thinks she's enough of an adult to have sex, then she's enough of an adult to have that type of conversation with her sister.

I think the best thing we can arm our kids with is knowledge. They need to know what the consequences of unprotected sex are. Those who think that giving out condoms in schools is encouraging sexual activity are delusional. If she knows the risks and chooses to take them anyway, she needs to be protected.

Answer 8

No, it should not. Sex should be held off until they are ready to become parents or have the income to be parents if the birth control doesn't work. If you put a kid on birth control, they will have more sex because the risk of getting pregnant is lowered.

Answer 9

I think its a good idea. It doesn't give people license to have sex, but it does protect you from the things that follow. I would be much happier knowing that if she did have sex, she was protected from unwanted pregnancies. Like you said, kids are engaging in sexual conduct and the best things to do are arm kids with knowledge and protection and hope with these tools they make the right decision.

Answer 10

Well, the sad truth is that most kids [even middle schoolers] are engaging in sexual relations. I would most certainly give her the birth control because atleast this way, she won't get pregnant and birth control pills ARE more reliable than condoms.

Answer 11

Highschool girls are getting birth control. My daughter was 16 when she started on the pill. No, her getting the pill was not giving her permssion to have sex...It was giving her protection from a pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (she carried condoms as well) should she engage in sexual activity as well as her getting the CORRECT information rather than relying on th bathroom chatter from her peers..