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CMV: All teens should get government provided long term birth control.

At age 15 (or whatever age is deemed appropriate by physicians), I think all teens (at the moment it only applies to females) should recieve long term birth control from the government (e.g. IUD, shot, etc.) which can also be requested for removal at 18 if so desired. If they want to stay on long term birth control, the government should continue to provide/renew it until the person wants it removed. This program should be opt-out and obviously have exceptions for medical reasons etc. As soon as a medically approved long term, fully reversible, male birth control hits the market, it should also apply to males as well.

Basically, it seems to me that teen preganancy is one of the most easily preventable issues that has a huge impact on quality of life, cost to the government, and impact on our society, which also dispraprotionately hits lower income families who are both more likely to get an unwanted teen pregnancy as well as being less able to financially deal with it.

I can't imagine that such a program would possibly be more expensive than the various social programs that currently help support families with teen pregnancies.

I will admit that such a policy is basically impossible with the current political climate in regards to reproductive health, what I am looking for to have my view changed is that such a policy wouldn't be an overall social good if it could be implemented. When I discussed this with a friend of mine, he thought it represented a huge reach into private lives by the government that was distasteful to him, but I think that having it opt out mostly alleviates those issues while still providing a dramatic reduction in teen pregnancies. So, CMV: why would such a policy be a bad idea/what better way is there to achieve similar results.

-edit- for a few issues that keep coming up: Several people have asked questions about bodily autonomy. If someone can explain to me why an opt out program (for which their is no deadline after which you can no longer opt out) takes away bodily autonomy, I would award a delta. Also, for clarification, this program is not supposed to replace a good sex ed program and easy access to condoms. It is meant to supplement those things.
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And what happens when some future Congress decides you have to meet some financial standard in order to have it removed?

What happens when, now that they don't need to worry about pregnancy, teens start having more unprotected sex- *because they absolutely will have more unprotected sex.*