Comments on Dinora's Blog

This is in response to Dinora’s “Teen Mothers Need Help Blog.” The bill that is being considered 592 will provide contraceptives to teenage mothers in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

I totally agree with this measure. I know that ideally we would want our teenagers to practice abstinence but this is not how it usually occurs so why not make contraceptives available? Especially if you already have children. I agree with Dinora that there are still many teens who not ask a parent for contraceptives. If a teenager has to tell their parents that they need contraceptives most of them will not, if we make it easier for them to obtain contraceptives, we will at least have less unwanted pregnancies and therefore less abortions. We all know that teen pregnancies and abortions hurt the economy, and contraceptives do not necessarily encourage a teen to have sex because they will anyway, it only helps do it responsibly.

Along with contraceptives I agree with the fact of giving our teenagers the education and information they need in order for them to make a smarter decision when having sex. This only covers unwanted pregnancies but not sexually transmitted diseases, but it’s a start. I don’t understand why parents of teen mothers would need to be notified of this change.

Parents always think that their teenager would tell them everything, but the truth is that’s what you may think, but they do NOT tell you EVERYTHING. So, parents, please help your teen help herself, by supporting this bill.