Birth Control Should Be Taught in Schools

“It is essential that the women’s preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what the health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.” (Gwen Moore) School is a place of education for subjects not taught at home, therefore birth control in the school curriculum could open up new doors for some kids who choose to be sexually active. Even though abstinence is the only way to be 100% sure you’re protected against pregnancy, birth control should be taught about in school so kids know at a young age that abstinence isn’t the only option because birth control is a safe way lower your risk of unwanted pregnancy and while doing so, is 99% effective.

Being that abstinence is the refraining of sexual intercourse until you’re married, it is the only 100% sure way to protect against unwanted pregnancy. Many households teach their kin, for personal and religious reasons, that abstinence is the only way. Outside of abstinence those kids don’t know about other forms of contraception. Many people on the board of education believe, “This isn’t what school is for. It should be for learning.” (William J. Bennett), “...it makes teens mindful of it {sex} and suggests that you are behind the times.” Learning about contraception will help the kids who do not believe in abstinence and who are sexually active, prevent pregnancy. Some people who do choose to be sexually active but misuse different forms of contraceptives wide up with unwanted pregnancies, and if they had abstained from sex it wouldn’t have happened. Yes, abstinence is the only 100% way to be sure you're not having an unwanted pregnancy because you're not eng...

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