Today, actually right now… I want each and every one of you to look around. One in every eight girls you see from ages 15-19 will become pregnant this year. About 4 out of every 100 pregnant teenage girls have an abortion. Studies have shown that school birth control programs have reduced the embarrassment of teens by eliminating the cost and improving access. With the decrease in embarrassment, the number of condoms obtained by the student body increased. An average of 4 condoms were acquired per student during the academic year. Studies have also shown that the presence of birth control in clinics was not related to greater sexual activity among students. With the u

In conclusion, I feel that birth control is a positive concept that should be more talked about and available through the schools. Our teachers educate us and provide us with an overwhelming amount of information and help. But one thing that is not as taught and talked about with students is birth control. Times are changing and teenagers are becoming more independent. We are making our own choices and whether they are bad choices or good choices, they are still being made. I feel with education and with the option of receiving birth control in schools, everyone would benefit. Teachers would be sending a better and more hopeful message, parents would not have to worry as much and the teenage population would be more educated and protected.

sage of condoms, adolescents… well anyone for that matter, are less likely to be exposed to HIV, human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases. HIV alone is the 6th leading cause of death and there are over 20 more STDs that are able to be contracted. ½ of the 40-80 thousand new cases of HIV reported each year are among the people under the age of 25. That is an average of 2 people becoming aware of having HIV every hour of every day. A quarter of the estimated 12 million new cases of STDs per year occur among teens. In Illinois during the year 2000, persons of the ages 10-19 made up 39% of the total reported cases of Chlamydia, 39% of Gonorrhea and 8%

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