PLN 10-1 (19)

I recently read a post by Katy Human and Jeremy P. Meyer titled Do schools have birth-control role? which discusses the reasons for high schools and middle schools giving their students birth-control pills.

"Of every 1,000 girls ages 15-17 in the city, 54.5 will become pregnant,
compared with 24.3 throughout Colorado, according to the campaign. The
recommendation comes from a task force created to help define the future of 12
school-based health clinics, six in high schools and six in middle schools."

In my school, I know that many students are sexually active which I personally believe is not right, but there is no way of really stopping them if they want to do it. I believe that they should had out birth control because, in Colorado, teen pregnancy is one of the largest reasons for girls dropping out of high school, but I believe middle school is way to early for kids to even be thinking about that! Around the world, many teens are sexually active which shouldn't be the case. Maybe giving the birth control pills at high schools will cause more people to start becoming sexually active, but that could possibly be better then teens getting pregnant and not only they are in trouble, but their kid is also in trouble. Since we are so young, the men usually run away and the girl is left to raise a baby by herself which almost forces her to drop out of high school. But teens should also understand that just because you use birth control, it's not 100% effective. You are still able to become pregnant while using birth control pills. The best solution would be for teens not to be sexually active, but since this is a huge goal that is almost impossible to achieve, handing out birth control pills might help prevent many high school girls from dropping out and will help keep less unwanted kids from being born because they have to suffer their whole life because of it.