Their body, Their choice
The children of today’s generation seem to be becoming involved in sexual activities at a much younger age in the most recent years. This increase has also resulted in the rise of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. There are many things sold in our society that would prevent these issues’ from happening but at the same time it raises a very important question. We must determine whether or not a teenager should be allowed to seek contraceptive information & purchase them without parental consent. Even though there are many people who strongly believe that consent should be necessary I feel that requiring it will only make the issues at hand worse.
Being a teenager is a very confusing and awkward period of life that everyone has experienced or will experience at one point. Not only is your body physically growing but hormones are beginning to be released that create sexual urges that were not there before. These urges alone are sometimes hard to resist but add today’s sex crazed social media to that and its damn near impossible. Most parents tell their children that sex is something someone should wait for and that engaging in sex at a young age is frowned upon. People feel that if we allow kids to freely get contraceptives that it will encourage more of them to start having sex. If consent was required they believe that more children would choose to remain abstinent. The fact of the matter is that we can not stop kids from sex; if they decide they want to have sex then will go out and have it. Telling kids how wrong it is will only discourage them from coming to their parents or seeking a doctor when they finally decide they are ready. This means they will not be taking the necessary safety precautions and will be more likely to engage in unprotected sex which could lead to unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. On the other hand if consent was not required more teens would be willing to go to a...