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1 in 5 teens would have unsafe sex if parental notification for BC was mandatory (1 Viewer)

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JAMA -- Adolescents' Reports of Parental Knowledge of Adolescents' Use of Sexual Health Services and Their Reactions to Mandated Parental Notification for Prescription Contraception, January 19, 2005, Jones et al. 293 (3): 340
Objective To determine the extent to which parents are currently aware that their teenage daughters are accessing reproductive health services and how minors would react in the face of mandated parental involvement laws for prescription birth control.

Results Sixty percent of minors reported that a parent or guardian knew they were accessing sexual health services at the clinic. Fifty-nine percent of all adolescents would use the clinic for prescription contraception even if parental notification were mandated. This response was less common (29.5%) among adolescents whose parents were unaware of their clinic visits and more common (79%) among those whose parents were aware. Many adolescents gave more than 1 response to mandated parental involvement. Forty-six percent would use an over-the-counter method, and 18% would go to a private physician. Seven percent said that they would stop having sex as one response, but only 1% indicated this would be their only reaction. One in 5 adolescents would use no contraception or rely on withdrawal as one response to mandated notification.
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I dont find this very surprising. amoung sexually active teens 26% of females and 18% of males didnt use contraception the first time they had sex, 2% of of females have never used contraception, and 17% of females and 9% of males used no contraception the most recent time they had sex. (source)

amoung sexually active teens age 15-17:
70% use contraception all of the time, 21% most of the time, 5% some of the time, and 4% never
7% have used the rhythm method, and 2% use it on a regular basis
40% have used withdrawl, and 13% use it on a regular basis.
(source)

so, a large number of teens indicate they would have unprotected sex if they believed contraception was unavailable, and a large number of teens are having unprotected sex despite contraception being available. what does this say about abstinence only vs comprehensive sex education?
 
a few more...

47% have never heard of the morning after pill
22% consider withdrawl to be safer sex
26% consider the calander method to be safer sex
only 49% know that birth control pills dont protect against HIV, and only 52% know they dont protect again other STDs

(source)


it seems to me that teenagers are woefully ignorant about contraception.
 
Leave the poor teens alone, let them have unsafe sex if they want to...

I myself never use a condome... think about that, will ya?
 
Hello everyone :2razz:

First of all i'd like to say "if you once had sex without a condom, you can never use one again" (once you go black, you don't go back)

You can never achieve that very feeling with a condom, and since people, especially men, want a good ****, then they don't use condoms.

Yay....
 
Schnigelmeister said:
Leave the poor teens alone, let them have unsafe sex if they want to...

I myself never use a condome... think about that, will ya?
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Victorious Art said:
Hello everyone

First of all i'd like to say "if you once had sex without a condom, you can never use one again" (once you go black, you don't go back)

You can never achieve that very feeling with a condom, and since people, especially men, want a good ****, then they don't use condoms.

Yay....
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failure to use condoms alone isnt a big deal to me.

failure to use condoms combined with failure to have yourself and your partner tested for STDs before entering a new sexual relationship is a big deal. as is failure to use condoms when no other birth control method is being used and pregnancy is not desired.
 
Schnigelmeister said:
Leave the poor teens alone, let them have unsafe sex if they want to...

I myself never use a condome... think about that, will ya?
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so um.......yeah you know then that your hand is in immediate danger of catching an STD, right? :mrgreen:
 
americanwoman said:
so um.......yeah you know then that your hand is in immediate danger of catching an STD, right? :mrgreen:
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Well.... not really. I have the sense to check for STD and have my partner do the same. I also have the sense not to use a condom for comforts sake, savvy?

:D
 
Schnigelmeister said:
Well.... not really. I have the sense to check for STD and have my partner do the same. I also have the sense not to use a condom for comforts sake, savvy?

:D
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thats really good you both get checked but what do you use to protect from pregnancy or do you just "withdraw" ? Is she on the pill? Or are you trying to get her pregnant?

..or maybe I am off base and your partner is actually a 'he'. If that is the case then all is cool :cool:
 
americanwoman said:
thats really good you both get checked but what do you use to protect from pregnancy or do you just "withdraw" ? Is she on the pill? Or are you trying to get her pregnant?

..or maybe I am off base and your partner is actually a 'he'. If that is the case then all is cool :cool:
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Yeah, in your dreams :rofl
My ex was on the little thing you insert in your arm, and right now I'm a player so I... ehum... "withdraw". And don't say I'm sterile 'cause it'll really backfire and end up with you lying on the gound, inside out in the middle of Russia...
 
Schnigelmeister said:
Yeah, in your dreams :rofl
My ex was on the little thing you insert in your arm, and right now I'm a player so I... ehum... "withdraw". And don't say I'm sterile 'cause it'll really backfire and end up with you lying on the gound, inside out in the middle of Russia...
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I ain't saying your sterile I am trying to warn you of the opposite. If you are withdrawing then you have like a 30% chance to get the girl pregnant. It does seem like a low number though until you end up one of them. There is also too many babies born accidentaly as it is.
I can tell though you are a player because of your lovely talk about me ending up inside out in the middle of Russia. I am sure that talk drives the ladies crazy ;)
 
Anyone else notice that the real "players" never have to claim they are? Just an observation.
 
Kelzie said:
Anyone else notice that the real "players" never have to claim they are? Just an observation.
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I might have noticed had it not been for my abstinence.
 
That statement doesn't make sense..
So, a REAL human doesn't say he's a human, it just is so... Can you apply that logic to every situation? I don't think so!:spin:
 
Schnigelmeister said:
That statement doesn't make sense..
So, a REAL human doesn't say he's a human, it just is so... Can you apply that logic to every situation? I don't think so!:spin:
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Talk about a statement not making sense...
 
Apples eat my underwear!
 
1 in 5 teens would have unsafe sex if parental notification for BC was mandatory


So the next time your teen tells you that they are smart enough to make their own decisions..............
 
taxedout said:
1 in 5 teens would have unsafe sex if parental notification for BC was mandatory


So the next time your teen tells you that they are smart enough to make their own decisions..............
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the question that needs to be answered is whether this is due to teenagers simply not having the mental capacity to make good decisions because they are too young, or whether its due to parents/schools failure to teach them about contraception and abstinence.
 
And don't say I'm sterile 'cause it'll really backfire and end up with you lying on the gound said:
Says the man with the super cool anime picture.
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haha.. he said it, yes. But he is fully capable of fullfilling it aswell. And i totally agree with all of his statements.
 
Man, I had tons of unprotected sex when I was a teenager.

Good thing I was alone for most of it or I coulda got in a whole bunch a trouble.
 
I had unsafe sex when I was in high school. I had safe sex when I was in college. I preferred the safe sex -- meaning the use of condoms -- because my brain continues to function after sex, and thinking about whether or not my girlfriend was going to get pregnant, and wondering about whether I would contract STD's, really took something away from the joys of not wearing a condom.

Personally, I think I was too stupid as a teenager to make appropriate decisions concerning birth control. But then I did not have particularly good sex education; I don't think I had it at all after 6th grade, as health class wasn't required, if I'm remembering right (I've blocked out most of my high school years, so I may be mistaken.). Judging from the popularity of being a "player," and just how disgusting and horrifying that entire concept is to me I can't begin to tell you, I think that teens today are just as stupid. But I do think that teenaged girls could be reached, and they could in turn influence teenaged boys, provided the boys had been informed about birth control and disease prevention. I would have worn condoms if my girlfriends in high school had told me to.
 
Say what you like, but I have no disease, my philosophy works for me...
Some people want to try more than one thing in the duration of their life.

When I fond enough reasons to use a condom, I will. So don't fret peeps!

P.S. Gaara is the shizzle, no one beats him. Watch Naruto!
 
Schnigelmeister said:
Say what you like, but I have no disease,
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Yet.
Schnigelmeister said:
my philosophy works for me...
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Doesn't keep it from being disgusting to me personally. Love and sex are not games, women are not playing pieces, and the ability to have sex with more than one woman in a short span of time is not an accomplishment. But that's just me.

Schnigelmeister said:
Some people want to try more than one thing in the duration of their life.
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Tried men?

Schnigelmeister said:
When I fond enough reasons to use a condom, I will. So don't fret peeps!
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Do you want to die? No? There's enough reason. Do you want to kill the women you have sex with? No? There's twice as much reason as you need. I won't fret, because your habits will not affect me personally in any way -- but I will feel a little sad that you are so uncaring of your own health and well-being, for something as stupid as "It feels good." Then again, I smoke, so who am I to judge?

And please don't call me peeps.
 
star2589 said:
the question that needs to be answered is whether this is due to teenagers simply not having the mental capacity to make good decisions because they are too young, or whether its due to parents/schools failure to teach them about contraception and abstinence.
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Yes, I understand it is a very difficult concept.
Sperm travel up the vagina to fertilize and egg. Not placing the sperm producing organ into the vagina dramatically decreases the chances of this.
Right up there with Schroedenger's wave equations.
I can understand how they could be capable of making a host of good life's decisions, yet still not be able to grasp such a difficult mechanism.
 
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