Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Birth Control
Personally, I do think that birth control should be free to all women, especially teenage girls. The issue of teen pregnancy is way too prevalent in our society today. As Colleen mentioned, there are even shows about teen mothers. I think the show is attempting to raise awareness on the matter and illustrate what it would be like if you were to have a child at sixteen. However, I don't know anybody that sees Teen Mom as being an educational program. It's entertainment, and to be honest I think the show glorifies being pregnant as a teenager in a way, cause hey if you get pregnant you may have the chance to be on television. But the thing is, many of these girls get pregnant because they don't have the money to pay for monthly birth control, so they rely on either condoms alone or just trusting the guy they are with to pull out in time. None of these options are a 100% guarantee that you wont get pregnant, however birth control is way more reliable choice. And someone mentioned that if birth control was free for girls than they would like condoms to be free for guys, but it is all working towards the same cause. I mean yes some condom brands may cost up to $25 if they are high quality, but birth control can cost up to $50. And the difference is that a condoms only purpose is to be used during sex, however birth control, as the doctor in the video pointed out, is used for a number of other medical reasons. So I agree with the fact that birth control should be free to all women, because I think that it would be very helpful within our society.
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