How do unplanned pregnancies happen with all the contraceptives, health care and education out there???

[SadToday22]

I don't understand....you can get birth control, condoms, etc all FREE at your local health department, so why are there still so many unplanned pregnancies? I just don't get it. Why would a 16 yr old want a baby? And don't give me that crap that a 16 yr old can't get contraceptives because they can, without parental consent, it's part of the sexual-health laws.

[Reo]

One word: Entrapment.

[bogosity]

there's a ton of dumb people out there. also, 95% of the world is deemed ugly.

[Alowishus B]

Irresponsibility

[angleheart20]

In the heat of passion, and maybe a combination of drugs or alcohol, people may take unnecessary risks, or not use some forms of birth control correctly.

[Jesse Rocks]

Easy. Many reasons. Ignorance is one. Birth control can also FAIL. These are just two that come to mind immediately.

I hope that in your dating or even MARRIED life you don't ever experience your birth control failing. Even when you do everything right, it can happen.

Granted, ignorance is the biggie in my opinion though.

[dude]

yeah!! and how do accidents occurr with all those traffic lights and signs? It makes no sense!!!

Are you serious?

[country_danes]

First off, no form of birth control is 100%, other than abstenance and getting your tubes tied. So unplanned pregnancies happen all the time even with the use of birth control.
Second, there is a need for more sexual education for every age group out there. Not just a need for more sex ed, but better sex ed.
Third, there is a percentage out there that don't have a choice in the matter but that choose to carry though with the pregnancy, and that must be realized.

[globar]

Hormones...plus a lot of girls think having a baby is fun gives them something to do instead of going to school...course later they realize how dumb they are...so then we get petty criminals etc thru neglect and ignorance ...not all single parents ...but ones I have helped only 3/4 in 20 actually come off the system...

[paintmeblue719]

They can, true. If they knew to! Abstinence only education is leaving teens clueless about sex, and about how to use contraceptives. Half these kids honestly don't know any better, or don't know to use condoms. My high school was abstinence only, and they flat out lied to us about contraceptives (condoms break 80% of the time! Don't have sex, because condoms won't prevent anything!) So kids just went out and did things without using any sort of protection. Abstinence only education is leaving teens ignorant of the options out there, so they don't utilize them. Its not like the parents are teaching these kids...

[ponyboy 81]

And because lots of sixteen year olds think(or don't, apparently) like my kid's friends who read on the internet that one sure-fire way to lose weight was to smoke crack. Whatever Generation this is now doesn't have any more common sense at times than any other generation, in spite of a superabundance of easily obtained accurate information and other resources. Agreed, I'm sounding like a middle aged parent, which I am, but I am constantly amazed at the generational lessons that haven't been learned.

[heyteach]

Personally I think the reasonS include:

they are told that there are NO consequences for unwanted pregnancy--if you really don't want the baby, just have an abortion--no one can stop you! You can't get your ears pierced at the mall at that age, but abort a baby, why not? IF you want to keep the baby, then the government will pay you. Your school will accommodate you--if you feel like going. There are schools that now offer to pick you and the baby up, put the baby in on-site daycare that is FREE to the mother (we taxpayers pay for it), give her special treatment and school, then drop her and the baby home. You will automatically get WIC. You stand a decent chance of getting Medicare. Probably the kid can have SCHIP. Churches can NOT do enough for these "single mothers" who chose this--meals on wheels kind of treatment, clothing drives, diapers, etc. So, what's the DOWNSIDE to having the kid? Eventually they will need to get off welfare, but that's eventually and obviously CONSEQUENCES are of little concern.

in other cases the condoms break or have holes. I have heard REPEATEDLY that the failure rate of the ones that Planned Parenthood (get your abortion here!) supplies have the highest failure rate.

then we have to hear the whining about how condoms "spoil the sensation" so MAYBE the girl takes pills. Of course, they may not be so good about taking them WHEN they need to be taken AND as these kids will occassionally end up on antibiotics, do they remember those inactivate the pill?

The REAL reason, though, is that parents are NOT parenting. They want to be their kids' "best friend" which is really sick and lame and twisted. The schools PRESUME the kids will have sex. We're confronted with soft porn EVERYWHERE--so common sense is dulled. If you try to point out that sex is for marriage--you get accused of being a religious bigot--even if you never said a word about religion but pointed out STDs, potential AIDS, reputation problems ("slut" and "ho" are used CONSTANTLY about the girls who "put out" and there is NO respect in those terms whatsoever), the possibility of a pregnancy and the aftermath of that even when it's CUSHIONED by bogus programs, or the aftermath of abortion--PAS--Post-Abortion Syndrome the media does NOT like to admit exists. So there is little talk in our society of why casual sex is ALWAYS a mistake. Little talk of treating yourself with respect. Little talk of the FACT that is a BABY.

The good news is teen pregnancy rates and abortion rates are down--I think quite a few girls figured out that they were being used, manipulated, and lied to. They've seen the devastation teen pregnancy has caused and they don't all feel the need to experience it themselves.

[howdy!]

they are impatient and dont care. they think, "well it would never happen to me!" then they get lucky once, and assume they are immune to getting pregnant unitnentionally.

[Wunderin']

Condoms tear, you forget to take a pill, you take antibiotics w/ your pill, stupid people that just don't think, some guys think if they do it in certain positions the girl can't get preggo, rhythm method, there will always be unplanned pregnancies as long as people are having sex.

[Mimi]

Pure ignorance and utter stupidity.

[Nadia]

Laws arent the thing that regulates peoples behaviour who their peers and parents act regulates them. This is why certain social groups break laws. So yes parents can be a problem in a way that can affect the visible exploration of your sexaulity, so they can affect your visible acquiring of contraceptives, and can affect if, when and where you take the pill. Also young people often dont have the resources necessary to buy contraceptives or travel to a centre where they are freely available(especially without a car), the nearest free contraceptive outlet for me is a two hour walk. Young people also arent aware of where contraceptives are available. Some young people dont use it when they are drunk.