Teens ages 13-18--What's your opinion on contraceptive use? Should it be used, and if so by whom?

Here's another question for my class project. Please include your age with your answer. I have more questions waiting for answers under EDUCATION %26amp; REFERENCE, sub-catagory HOMEWORK HELP, and they all start "TEENS AGES 13-18--..." Thanks for helping me answer these questions.

Teens ages 13-18--What's your opinion on contraceptive use? Should it be used, and if so by whom?
of course teens should protect themselves against stds and pregnancy. it should be used. it should be openly given to teens. ive got two views on this:





my grandma:


teenagehood is when you are suppose to have kids! that is when you are healthy and active!





school newspaper:


if we are going to give teens condoms, why dont we give them sterile needles? since drug use is increasely!





my view is as followed:


contraceptive should be in schools. it should be used my teenagers. after i told my mom i was having sex, she told me that i had to go to planparent hood with my boyfriend for the pill or i would be in trouble.





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Reply:My opinion on contraceptives is that they should only be used by those have already had kids and don't want anymore. It a shame that little girls are on birth control messing up there systems.They shouldn't even be having sex. I aint saying i am a virgin. But I just recently lost it to a boyfriend of 4 yrs.





But then again all of the STD's out here if you are having sex you have to use a condom for one not to get preg.and for 2 not to catch something you cant cure.





So overall its a shame that little girls between 11-15 are on birth control. but its good to have condoms just in case. age again is 18
Reply:Abstaince works. I hope your mothers find out where you post, chat, and set you little girls straight.
Reply:I am a little above your age group,I am22, but I have to respond to the idiot talking about abstinence and telling your mothers. Abstinence does work, but if you are in a relationship and you are planning on being intimate but are not ready for children contraceptives are for you. You can talk talk to a physician at a county health clinic and they can prescribe something that is right for you. Usually it is free or low cost depending on whether or not you have a job. They do not count your parents income and parental consent is not needed. I got married when I was 16 and thanks to contaceptives I did not have my first child until I was 20 and planned a pregnancy. Contraceptives are also good for girls who have irregular or very heavy periods, the will regulate the cycle and the severity of it.
Reply:I think that people should use them because no one wants to be burdened with a child when they're a teen.