Teen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe

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“Please, I need some birth control in case I get raped," patients tell Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan, a pediatric-adolescent gynecologist in Miami, where state law does not provide exceptions for rape or incest after 15 weeks.

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Teen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe
“Please, I need some birth control in case I get raped,
12:30 PM · Sep 27, 2022

https://www.courthousenews.com/teen-interest-in-long-lasting-birth-control-soars-after-roe/


(AP) — Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain.

Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to ban or severely limit abortion.

“I’m definitely not ready to be pregnant," said Abreu, who had Nexplanon — a reversible, matchstick-sized contraceptive — implanted in her arm in August. Her home state of Florida bans most abortions after 15 weeks, and not having that option is “such a scary thought,” she said.

Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling appears to be accelerating a trend of increased birth control use among teens, including long-acting reversible forms like intrauterine devices and implants. Appointments have surged and Planned Parenthood has been flooded with questions as doctors report demand even among teens who aren’t sexually active.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Women take it for granted they could be raped at any time.

And want to prepare themselves the best they can.

[Hekate]

2. What you said

[slightlv]

3. And it's a testament against the country (and world) we live in

that women *have* to think like this in order to protect ourselves! A pox against the men who make this kind of thinking necessary.

[TheRealNorth]

4. Until the Republicans get rid of birth control too

'cause they are coming after the Pill and IUD's next. For all we know, the next moral outrage may be making condoms available to high school or even college students.