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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope.  If they are old enough to be having sex, they are old enough to be getting their own birth control.[/quote]

The thing is, many teens have sex before they're truly old enough to be having sex, which is why they AREN'T getting their own birth control. [/quote]

I get what PP is saying -- if you're old enough for sex, then you're old enough to go buy condoms, but the reality is there are a lot of misconceptions around sex -- even among the "smart" kids who should  know better. I don't know where I stand on this issue yet (young kids -- lots of time to figure it out). But I have cousins ranging in age from 16 to about 40. From comments the 16 yr olds have made, I don't really think they believe pregnancy can happen by having sex once. In part I think it's bc they hear that their married 40 yr old cousins are "trying" or having been trying for a while, so it leaves the impression that you have to have sex on the regular for a long time to have a baby. While that's true at age 40, at 16 as we all know -- they're so young and super fertile, it can happen the first time. Not to mention I think at 16 cycles probably aren't set yet -- so girls don't even know they're ovulating and don't know to avoid that time or whatever. I know for me, ovulation became more "obvious" in my mid 20s -- in my teens, I couldn't have told you when in the cycle it was happening.[/quote]

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