Forum Miss Bimbo, fashion community / Do you feel that birth control should be mandatory for girls under 18? - Do you feel that birth control should be mandatory for girls under 18?

I voted "no". I think it should be free, though.

I voted not, but it should be free at least for girls under 18 and very cheap for all other women.
In Poland pills are so expensive!

DISCLAIMER: This may be very frank, and some of you may hate me for it, but please don't bash me!

The way I see it, they're going to do it anyway, whether you know it or not, so they might as well be safe.

*prepares for the backlash*

Ernd wrote:

DISCLAIMER: This may be very frank, and some of you may hate me for it, but please don't bash me!

The way I see it, they're going to do it anyway, whether you know it or not, so they might as well be safe.

*prepares for the backlash*

lol snap

edit: I just realised that I didn't answer the question!

I definitely dont think it should be mandatory but should be free to under 18's who want it.

Last edited by Annabelle Ablewood (07-31-2008 06:15)

no, it should not, sorry if you dont agree with me, but giving kids the pill will only make then think they can go ahead and do IT, and the best part...... they dont need protection eg. condoms, hmmmmm, no protection, high risk of aids. So that is why i say NO, were i come from, Aids is a very big reality.

ok, maybe for medical reasons, but dont make it mandatory.

(please dont shout me now, me only saying what i think :-)

i say no because there are many side effects
also not all people will need it
i know im not planning on having sex anytime soon and i am on the pill due to other reasons
theres always gonna be idiots who are irresponsable  and get pregnant but there shoud be other methods used to discourage it

It should not be mandatory.Everyone should have the right to choose what is best for her body. I do believe it should be free and easy to get without parental consent.Every teen should be well informed about the dangers of unprotected sex.That being said unprotected sex will continue due to the "it won't happen to me" mentality that is so prevalent in the young.

misstosca wrote:

no one will shout at you most of us have written the same thing that it shouldn't be mandatory. And I agree with you about the diseases you can catch to me thats far worse than getting pregnant

sjoe, thank you, he he

no, people have the right to choose.
Some people do not believe in birth controle and wait till they are married....why should they be forced into it?
it goes agaisnt our free will, it may also encourage sex, i.e 'i'm on the pill, who will know?', but that may not be true.

boys and girls need to be educated about sex, not just the 'period/babies/sperm' part of it, but they need to be aware of the physical dangers of, not just pregnancy. They need to be aware of the emotional damage sex can do, it can ruin self esteem, it can break hearts.
Furthermore they need to be aware about all forms of contacepption, and what does what, when i was in high school all i knew about was the pill and condoms....theres more out there!

Its a pitty now that sex and babies is on a young girls agender at what is considered to be an early age, todays society almost encourages sex, which is alot of pressure at a young age, believe me! lol!
It almost as if some girls dont realise that there are consequences to their actions, which is a pity. So many believe that 'just this once' wont hurt...i've been guilty of it, but now i'm older i realise the risk(s) i have taken. Its a shame cause ive known many young girls who do practice safe sex, and many others who waited...and of course the ones who didnt wait are the ones (not all though) who regret it.

Please remember i'm not saying i think all girls under the age of 18 are the same, there are alot of responsible girls, sadly they are overshadowed by those who are not.

Last edited by Pulp (07-31-2008 12:21)

absolutely not, BC should not be mandatory. I feel that the only ppl who should be on birth control are those who have the condition where their cycle causes the immense pain, resulting in them needing their cycle to be controlled. My big sis, need BC for that, but never was she sexually active. SEX should be saved until MARRIAGE, you are supposed to be untouched for your husband, and he should be untouched too. BC should only be taken for medical purposes, because BC has some serious side effects, that you shouldn't have to be bothered with unless you absolutely need to. I promote ABSTINANCE!!!!!!

I think forcing women to go on contraception shows what most of the problems with contraception and women's health are about--the fact that people DO NOT trust women to make decisions for themselves and their bodies.

Americans promote abstinence only education, restricting access to birth control, etc--all to prevent women and girls from having sex.  Interestingly, we don't care about forcing men to have condoms, or restricting access to Viagra (as I've mentioned before, often Viagra is covered by insurance companies here and not the pill!)--they can have all the sex they want, without thinking of the consequences, apparently.  But women, well women can't POSSIBLY make decisions for themselves.

I think that if we educate girls on EVERY part of sex--from the emotional to the physical, the psychological to the sociological--we will find that not only do women wait to have sex longer, but they have safer sex, better sex, and sex with fewer partners.  The more practical you are with regards to the fact that people DO desire, and need, sex, and are smart enough to make decisions on their own, the less bad decisions you see.

There is currently an uptick in abortions amongst young women.  The irony is this is caused entirely by anti-abortion advocates, who are also typically against allowing women access to birth control and good education.  Others want to force all girls onto the pill because they "can't make decisions" for themselves, or control themselves.  Seriously, the more people disrespect women's ability to think and learn, the more common abortion and teenage pregnancy get!  Its pretty much as proven.

I Don't like forcing the pill on girls, again because it insinuates that women can't decide or think or consider consequences for themselves (generally because people refuse to educate children and teenagers of either sex).  Furthermore, once you start doing that, you open up a can of worms--lots of girls whose hormones will screw up when on the pill (hurting their health), lots of couples who won't care about the threat of STDs because pregnancy is taken care of, lots of schools who don't care about education so much (not like they do anyway), and of course, lots and lots and lots of red tape.  Even as someone who went without health insurance for several years, I do not agree with mandatory health insurance because it puts up SO MUCH red tape that the people who are in extenuating circumstances get into bad situations. 

Lets face it, we make it mandatory, and its likely only ONE form of BC would be considered for all girls, and NO one BC works for all women, as much as male legislators would like to believe differently.

However, I DO believe that better education, cheaper/free birth control, more family planning clinics (fyi, these places do NOT exist to "provide abortions"--most only do abortions one day a week, the rest of the week is spent giving out bc, educating women who never got a chance to be educated, telling women who are pregnant about ALL their options, providing all kinds of resources, giving out condoms, doing std tests, etc), especially in rural states where there are only one or two, and putting more faith in women all will go far in making sure that no unfortunate, sad children will try to make themselves pregnant to get a baby's "unconditional love."

/ends rant/

i think that waiting until ur able to deal with any of the consequences that could happen with sex should be promoted instead. that way, people could be more mature about things, and have sex only in a stable relationship.