15-year-old girls prefer oral contraceptives

For the first time in the history of observations of girls 15 years who are sexually active, began to make a preference for oral contraceptives rather than condoms. This is the official statistics.

15-year-old British girls attending public clinics, now significantly more likely to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy through oral contraceptives . But last year the main method of contraception among adolescents was condom. Today, 40% of girls choose pills and condoms are only 30%, as indicated by the official statistics.

For the first time in the history of such observations oral contraceptives   Condoms ousted from first place ranking the most popular means of contraception among the young girls. Previously, the tablet has always been considered the most popular among older women. According to statistics, in 2011-12, the British clinic visited 43 thousand 15-year-old girls (seventh part of their total number in the country), to get the various means of contraception.

Note that oral contraceptives only protect against unwanted pregnancy. But they are not able to protect people from dangerous diseases such as HIV, hepatitis and syphilis, as well as many other diseases, sexually transmitted diseases. Prone to risky behavior, often a great interest in various substances hazardous to health teens engage in sexual activity early in life, would get more protection against the use of condoms.

But among adolescents is common belief that sex with a condom use does not bring the same pleasure as without it. And that feeling from the use of this remedy supposedly reduce the pleasure of intimacy. In addition, many young people view sex without a condom as a way of expressing confidence in each other.

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