One of these arguments is that if you give a teenager this drug that allows him to have sex without the consequences of pregnancy, he will have more sex since he sees no reason not to do it . Additionally, they may be caught off guard by the knowledge that they have an STI, since most forms of birth control for women have little or no protection against infections that their partners may or may not have. It is their ignorance that will blind them, as these articles have said. There is an obvious contrast to this topic, as you can teach how this protection is not to be taken lightly and that it does not make you invincible. Give them the knowledge of how they will be affected, even with the protection provided, and they may be smart enough to heed your warnings and accept your advice as fact. Another argument I found said, and I quote, "[how] can you think that 9- and 10-year-olds who can't see a PG-13 movie can take Plan B and read the instructions?" 9- and 10-year-olds read the instructions. Almost everyone I know could read when they were that age, they could even walk and talk (sorry, I find this argument really stupid). The arguments made against adolescents using contraception are all very weak and do not carry much weight compared to all the evidence that giving adolescents
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