Should Planned Parenthood and the like be saved for girls who really need the he!


Question: Should Planned Parenthood and the like be saved for girls who really need the help or...?
Girls who simply do not have the maturity to talk to their parents? I think there are many legitimate cases where young teen girls are for many good reasons unable to go to their families. Yet so often Planned Parenthood seems to be desired by girls who are looking for cheap birth control or approval to have sex, yet don't have the maturity to ask their parents for support and help.

That's my thoughts.

Yours?

Answers:

I can see your point, and it is certainly regrettable that but I'm not entirely certain we can pin the maturity problem on the girl. If the girl doesn't feel comfortable talking to her parents, is that really all her own fault? And my big question, does being immature mean that you don't need any kind of help that Planned Parenthood can provide?

It's really a gnarly problem, because you're asking for a "maturity" scale. By what criteria should Planned Parenthood decide which girls have good reasons for not talking to their parents, and which do not? Is maturity or the lack thereof a good reason, and who measures it? Is being "fearful" of talking to one's parents a sign of immaturity, and is it worse for a teenager to be fearful of her parents than an older person with a job and health insurance? Are teenagers who can afford care from private gynecologists and name-brand birth control without talking to their parents naturally more mature than teens who cannot?

I also do not believe that a young girl necessarily deserves to face the prospect of unwanted pregnancy or STDs because she was caught between a boy (and we all know how fearful teenage girls are of their boyfriends' rejection) and parents whom she was too immature/fearful to talk to?



Planned Parenthood in my opinion is just another clinic/doctors office. It doesn't matter if young girls go to Planned Parenthood or to their family doctor. Either place can not give information to the teens parents. It's against a law which regards patient-doctor confidentiality.

Now in regards to who gets services from Planned Parenthood is a completely different story. I believe that Planned Parenthood should be more available for those patients with no health insurance or for those from low income families.



If you're looking for cheap birth control than chances are you need it. The services of Planned Parenthood should be available to everyone who wants to go there. If girls aren't comfortable asking their parents, then by all means they should be getting that information at Planned Parenthood. I don't quite understand why you think those girls/women shouldn't be eligible? Would you rather have them getting pregnant and knowing nothing about sexual health?



Nobody should abuse the help thats out there. But I would rather the girls looking for "Cheap birthcontrol" have it and be protected.
Whta kind of a screening process could we have? A peice of paper " Are you a girl who really needs help or do you simply not have the maturity to talk to your parents?"
Taking away planned parenthood is criminal.




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