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July 3, 2006
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Should teenagers have access to birth control?

"I believe that teens should have access to birth control. I know some people are going to argue with this statement, saying that if teens have access to birth control without their parents' knowledge, it will lead to more teens having sex and getting pregnant. This argument doesn't hold up for me. Teens have sex, and will continue to have sex, with or without any protection. Withholding birth control is not the way to go about decreasing the amount of teen sex. Allowing teens access to birth control helps to prevent pregnancies and STDs from being transmitted.The real problem that …

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