In the first article titled Parents Prefer Some, Often Less-Effective, Birth Control Methods for
Teens, written by Milly Dawson and published in the Journal Adolescent Health, makes a well-supported claim. Dawson
believes that parents of adolescent daughters can increase the prevention of
unplanned pregnancies by simply accepting their daughter’s autonomy. In
Dawson’s article she explains her stand by citing a phone survey of 261 women.
The results were, “Birth control pills won greatest acceptance (59 percent). In
decreasing order of acceptability were condoms (51 percent), injectable
contraceptives (46 percent), emergency contraception, also known as the
morning-after pill (45 percent), birth control patches (42 percent), implants
(32 percent) and intrauterine devices or IUDs (18 percent).” With these data at
hand, the article's purpose was to teach parents the advantages of long-term
contraceptives.
The second article titled IUDs, Implants Best Teen Birth Control, ACOG Says, pushed the fact
that long term contraceptives have been proven to be more successful in the
avoidance of unwanted pregnancies. IUDs
have been statistically proven multiple times that they are better than short
term contraceptives. There are financial
factors that currently discourage adolescents from receiving IUDs. To solve
this issue as Charles Bankhead, staff writer for the Med Page Today wrote, "Addressing issues related to cost,
insurance coverage, and confidentiality, the committee suggested referral to a
public clinic as a reasonable option to facilitate teenagers' access to
long-acting reversible contraceptives.”
One can easily come to the conclusion that both these
articles strongly suggest to use IUDs and other long-term contraceptives based
on statistical data. Also, because they are peer-reviewed articles, many other
doctors agree. The unintended pregnancy and STD infection rates are critically
high. Milly Dawson and Charles Bankhead have shown the best solutions for
adolescents engaging sexual activity. The way is to inform parents on IUDs and
other long term contraceptives and to make IUDs and other long term contraceptives
easier to receive for adolescents.
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