I say teens should be sterelized till the age of 25 so teen pregnancies could stop?

Question

who agrees ? or what other suggestions do u have?

Yea they also need to see a video where it shows all the different and devastating results of unprotected sex. like std's or illnesses

yes std's is an issue. and having a baby doesnt make them as mature as any of u think. I still see people having kids and grandparetns always taking care of them. Maybe parents should be the target of more sex education or something. there is always a loop hole. There is a small amount of mature teens, but its a really small ammount.

Answer 1

I think that it should be mandatory for all teens to be put on birth control.
I think it is a shame that teens are getting pregnant or has kids because like you said most are being raised by the grandparents. Grandparents should not have to raise their kids -kids.
I was a teen once but i got myself on birth control on my own. I am still with the same person that i first had sex with.
We have been together for 12 years (married for one year) with a 5 year old who was planned and we are now expecting baby #2 in december.

I think some parents needs to open their eyes up and stop acting like oh no my child (teen) is oh so too good to be having sex when they are. They all need to be put on birth control. If they can't afford to buy a 75 cent condom then they do not need to be having sex cause how would they afford another life?

Answer 2

I know some may act like it, but after nineteen they are no longer "teens". I think their parents should take some responsibilities and teach them about abstinence until they are married and that wouldn't be a problem. Instead they let the schools teach them to protect themselves from STDs giving them permission to have sex with any and everybody. What teenager believes "it could happen to me"? None so they have unprotected sex. The result: unwanted and uncared for (at least by their parents) babies.

There is no real answer unless ALL parents take the responsiblity of teaching their own children before they become teens. Sure there would still be some teen pregnancies but not nearly as many and the ones that did occur would take responsiblity for their own child and take care of it because their parents took responsibility for them.

Answer 3

I'm sorry but videos and all don't help teen pregnancies. Think of how hard it would be to get every teen out in the world to be sterilized. I think it's a wise idea to consider, but I think other approaches may be better. Sterilization is a little drastic to begin with....and as time goes on I think it would be a good idea. We need to get a hold on teen pregnancy and find ways to prevent it, however, is sterilization a really good approach to start with? We know videos don't work and we know that all teens know about condoms and birth control...so our society really needs to think of other choices. Perhaps an age limit on condom or birth control purchases....and required checkup's for STD's and pregnancy. It is more of the parents responsibilty. Not society. But we all could help.

Answer 4

NO. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT AGREE WITH YOU.
Here is the reason why...vasectomies and tubal ligations
can not be reversed easily. At least 80 percent of the time
the surgury to reverse the initial sterilzation surgury does not work. This type of surgury is also very expensive. No insurance company I know of will cover reverse sterilization,
at this time.
Surgury of any type can be dangerous and has risks involved.
Infection, for one. I had a tubal ligation, after having as many
children as I wished to have. I developed a bad staph infection. It was so bad I had to have more surgury to cut out some of the infection.
Steralization is not a temporary fix ....it is usually permanent.
Therefore if you steralize all teenagers, you would wipe out most of the population over the course of several years.

My suggestion is that parents need to be better parents. Back in the 1940s and 1950s, pregnancy outside of marriage was rarely heard of.
Why? Simple. Parents insisted that their daughters did not date or go to parties or anywhere with members of the opposite sex without a chaperone. Girls were taught that sex was messy, very painful, and something that only men enjoyed and that women after they were married just had to submit to it. (It was a pleasant surprise after you got married to find out otherwise.)
If we take sex out of TV and movies and move things back to a 50s type morals. That will solve the problem.

Answer 5

I think they show video's like that in sex education already. i know i was in middle school in the 60's and they showed us a film of child birth. OMG!! I NEVER wanted to have a baby!!

As for sterilizing teens until they're 25, I say NO! That would be like a license to have as much sex as you wanted, without worrying about having a baby! As for STD'S they wouldn't even consider that, you know when your that age you think you are invincible and all the bad stuff happens to someone else far away.

Answer 6

That's a great idea, but what about all the illegals coming in from all parts of the world that don't get sterilized. Maybe we should just hand out vibraters and flesh lights teens since condoms, planned parenthood, religion, and the 50 different birth control options aren't working.

Answer 7

We do not have the technology to do that yet. Many people who are 25 have a couple kids and did not have them when they were teens! So I would make the age younger but I agree. If every parent put their daughter on birth control pills when they start their first menses it would do the same thing.

Answer 8

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard! It is soo much cheaper to teach a child not to have sex till they they are 18!

First, give them a bunch of sex ed videos. They should teach both the Idea of not having sex, and if they are going to do it, using a condom AND birth control pills!

Next, talk to your children about sex and what you think they should do in this matter. Also, answer any questions they may have about sex, research shows us that the more informed children are about sex, the better the chances that they will now do it.

Answer 9

Sterilized? Uhm, that is a bit too extreme. How about teaching them morals and that there is way more to life than "growing up". Get them involved in sports, scouting, theater, volunteer work. Parent's, be involved with your children. Don't just go to work, come home and eat dinner. Talk to your children, encourage them, help them grow. My daughters are both teenagers and one is ready to graduate. Neither of them is sexually active and I know for sure, I am not a naive parent! It's not the teens who are the problems, it's the parents. So, no, I don't agree with you at all. By the way, I am the daughter of a teen mother. I am successful, own my own home, car and am in college and about to put my daughters through college. Don't be so hard on teen mom's. They aren't all bad!

Answer 10

I disagree ... I'm 25 now and have two children. I work full time and provide for them (I'm also married to their father).

I think more education and it should be easier to get condoms/birth control since you can't exactly stop someone from having sex, you might as well teach them to protect themselves.