Free Birth Control Pill

To anybody on here posting about teens being active and having kids- that is not what this topic was about the OP just wanted to know if anybody had heard anything and guess what she hasn't posted anything else so if you have a problem with teens being active then I say you are terrible because lets see I am 19 so I am a teen yet I have been with my guy a long time and were getting married... so a problem with teens being active is?? I understand younger like the 13 year olds (which is very common) but how about you not use the word teens.

Why do some teens become sexually active:

Sexual attraction
Society & media pressure
Peer pressure
Use of alcohol and drugs
Pressure from boyfriend/girlfriend
Desire to be considered "normal"
Parents’ example
Inappropriate sex education
Mistaken beliefs
Boredom
Low self-esteem
Loneliness
No good reasons to say "No"

Do any of these sound good to you? p.s your a legal adult, accept it already.

Check with your local Planned Parenthood and see if there's a free birth control program in your area. Minnesota has MFPP which is the Minnesota Family Planning Program - a ton of different options are free if you make less than a certain amount a month.

Don't even get me started on Obamacare... If you want to take birth control pills then YOU buy them, not us tax payers. Free does not mean free because somebody pays for it.

Huh. Right now (before Obamacare), people in my state automatically get medical coverage if they are pregnant - regardless of income, assets, etc.

So instead people can get pregnant, apply for coverage, have the entire 40 weeks paid plus anything else they want done (medical, dental, etc.), then get coverage for two months after that (postpartum appointment is the thought process here), where they can then often cram in things like tummy tucks, etc.

Call me crazy, but I would much rather pay for their birth control and set more guidelines on pregnant women receiving free care for a year.

Check with your local Planned Parenthood and see if there's a free birth control program in your area. Minnesota has MFPP which is the Minnesota Family Planning Program - a ton of different options are free if you make less than a certain amount a month.

That is an amazing idea! Too bad most states don't go by that

Or teaching children abstinence?

Sadly, many children do not learn anything about their bodies until it's too late. When I was nine, my mom handed me a pamphlet of what hormonal s***storm my body was about to make me go through. I also never got "the talk." I love my parents, but to be honest, I'm from a very conservative family. In their eyes, sex has a shameful stigma. This prevents many parents from being honest with their kids, causing the kids to seek answers in not so reliable places.

Is this an excuse? No, but I can easily see why so many are misinformed. To be honest, a comprehensive health education from K-12 would probably make the biggest difference.

I agree completely. I never had the talk either. I did have a sex education class in high school, but did not take it seriously. Also, it was a catholic school so they did not speak of birth control or condoms!! No wonder most teens are active.

I find it amusing that anyone who doesn't agree with someone's opinion is ignorant. I'm not calling anyone ignorant when I disagree with them so don't call me ignorant. It doesn't help your argument.

I feel that in families with strong bonds between parents and children the rates of unplanned pregnancy are lower than that of families where parental involvement is significantly reduced. http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-risks.html Yes, even in the best of environments pregnancy can happen but that's not reason enough for me to put my kid on birth control because it happens to be free. If they have a medical issue that would happen to be alleviated by a birth control med then that's when they would take it not because they "might" get sexually active against. Once they graduate and no longer depend on me as a source of income they are free to make their own informed and adult choices. So far my wife and I have I've been successful in establishing sound judgement in my 3 kids, ranging from 12 to 20 about considering the consequences of their actions and their long term implications. Not everyone shares the same approach but it works well for us.

Don't even get me started on Obamacare... If you want to take birth control pills then YOU buy them, not us tax payers. Free does not mean free because somebody pays for it.

Huh. Right now (before Obamacare), people in my state automatically get medical coverage if they are pregnant - regardless of income, assets, etc.

So instead people can get pregnant, apply for coverage, have the entire 40 weeks paid plus anything else they want done (medical, dental, etc.), then get coverage for two months after that (postpartum appointment is the thought process here), where they can then often cram in things like tummy tucks, etc.

Call me crazy, but I would much rather pay for their birth control and set more guidelines on pregnant women receiving free care for a year.

sorry, if your state says we will give free coverage... and all you have to do is get pregnant... I don't see anything changing after the bill going into effect. More so, people might just get pregnant just to avoid the fine for not having coverage

Don't even get me started on Obamacare... If you want to take birth control pills then YOU buy them, not us tax payers. Free does not mean free because somebody pays for it.

Huh. Right now (before Obamacare), people in my state automatically get medical coverage if they are pregnant - regardless of income, assets, etc.

So instead people can get pregnant, apply for coverage, have the entire 40 weeks paid plus anything else they want done (medical, dental, etc.), then get coverage for two months after that (postpartum appointment is the thought process here), where they can then often cram in things like tummy tucks, etc.

Call me crazy, but I would much rather pay for their birth control and set more guidelines on pregnant women receiving free care for a year.

sorry, if your state says we will give free coverage... and all you have to do is get pregnant... I don't see anything changing after the bill going into effect. More so, people might just get pregnant just to avoid the fine for not having coverage

My point is that I would rather pay for people's birth control than this current program. And actually from what I understand, the bill is reducing the amount available for a lot of the state programs and they are claiming that they are going to start restricting it.

What really sucks about it is that people like us who admittedly do not have insurance (on me, I'm self-employed) are going to struggle. To add the family to my husband's health plan it's $500 a month - then they overcharge because it's insurance and we have to pay the same amount as if we went paying cash.

My husband's same day clinic visit on insurance - flat fee, $428. (before any testing or anything additional.)

The last well child visit I took my kids to - $197, including vaccinations, as a pay with cash patient.

The problem here is that the clinic fees are increased just because someone has insurance!

Flu shot for me - $75.

Flu shot for husband (to insurance, same year, same time) - $190.

The kicker there? I had the more "expensive" shot because I was pregnant!

Whatever happened to people taking care of themselves? Or teaching children abstinence? Why do I or anyone else have to pay for someone's birth control pills?