In the essay, Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk the author uses statements such as studies indicate, and statistics bear out, but does not give enough proof behind supporting the statement. The statements seem as if he wants to make a point but does not have the correct information or statistics to make the reader believe what he or she is saying. In the essay, Parents Should Be Consulted before Teens Are Given Contraceptive Services the author gives more years and percentages for statistics. This tactic makes the article more believable. The reader has to analyze the essay and conclude the truth in the reading.
The authors for the essay Parents Should Be Consulted before Teens Are Given Contraceptive Services seem unbelievable because the organization consist of Catholic Bishops that may rely on his or her beliefs of the Catholic faith to draw conclusions on the subject. The article is really truly, what the Catholic Faith believes. The Catholic faith does not believe in contraceptives. The article does not mention this.
The article emphasizes the dangers of contraceptives. The author's for the essay Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk are credible because the organization consist of individuals who assure access to the public health services work. These individuals work with low income families daily, and know the specifics of their needs.
The author that impressed me more was the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The authors of this essay presented more propaganda. The authors used more statistics to draw the readers in making the essay more believable. The article listed issues but gave a statistic to try to follow-up behind the problem.
I believe that the essay for Parents Should be Consulted before Teens Are Given Contraceptive Services shows biases because the article persuades the reader to believe that contraceptives are harmful. The author seems to try to persuade the reader in one direction by stating that contraceptives such as Norplant and Depro Provera are harmful and given without parents consent; while stating the drug has abortifacients in the medicine. The author continues to lead the reader to believe that the drug induces abortions.
After reviewing both essays, Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk and Parents Should Be Consulted before Teens are Given Contraceptive Services. I have Pro Sides and Con Sides that I agree with both essays. In the con essay Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk; I agree that parents should be aware that their children are sexually active.
I was a young teenager once, and decided to obtain a contraceptive such as birth control. I was in the eleventh grade. My friends all came on their monthly premenstrual cycle but I was the late bird. I matured later than others, and did not obtain contraceptives because I was sexually active. I was at the stage of developing into a woman who was having two premenstrual cycles a month. My best friend was a senior in high school. She advised me that I could go to the local health department and obtain contraceptives.
My mom was the only provider so I knew there was not much income in the home. I went to the local health department and obtained a yearly physical and contraceptives were given to me freely. I began to take the contraceptives and I no longer had two premenstrual cycles a month. I told my mom a year after I was on the contraceptives that I went the local Health Department to obtain them. My mom was never open about sexuality, sex, or contraceptives. She never explained to me about sex or becoming pregnant. She however raised me to be responsible from childhood. The information that I obtained came from friends.
In the essay Parents Should be Consulted before Teens are given Contraceptive Services I must disagree with the author of the article that says, “Parents are the most appropriate and reliable people to send a message that premature sexual activity is dangerous, because my mother never talked to me. Peers so easily influence children in this today's society. Parents need to talk to their teenagers more.
I also disagree with the opposing views in the essay Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk that suggest that half of all single mothers on welfare were teenagers when they had their first child. My mother was 22 years old when she had her first child. She was also married. My father died when my oldest brother was 14 years of age. My mother did not become a welfare recipient. My mother took her high school diploma, became a teacher's assistant, and provided for three children without the assistance of welfare.
I also disagree with the opposing views in the essay Requiring Parental Consent for Contraceptive Services Puts Teens at Risk that suggest that children of teen mothers tend to bear the greatest burden of teen pregnancy. They are more likely to do poorly in school, more likely to drop out of school and less likely to attend college. This statement I disagree with because I have a very close friend that is a mother of three and married. She obtained her high school diploma and is currently enrolled in the University of Phoenix along with me. She recently married, and before becoming married, she attended Rowan College. While attending Rowan College she was single with three children.
In conclusion both articles gave evidence, but neither one gave enough to support my decision to agree or disagree on either essay. I believe that the article written by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops should have given more reasons as to why parents should be consulted before teens are given contraceptive services. The one example at the end of the article about the teacher convicted of criminal sexual assault was just one example.
The article should have focused on more of the positives behind the need for parental notification. I believe the article written by National Family and Reproductive Health Associations should have focused on more services within Title X Public Health Act that teenagers would not be willing to use due to parental consent.
