Is normal. You have to get a doctor's prescription regardless of your age.
No. But they can be educated on the importance of birth control.
Teens can take the birth control pill.
To prevent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
You should not mix pills with your birth control pills. This candamage your insides or cause your birth control to be ineffective. Mixing pills is dangerous.
They think they know how to be responsible adults after sexual intercouse.
Yes it can be and it works well to get rid of the most severe problems.
Fertility-awareness (abstinence during fertile cycle) and withdrawal take more self control than some teens (and anyone - really) have and are not as effective as hormonal BC and condoms.
Pro's- helps prevent unwanted pregnancies in sexually active teens. Con's- no birth control measure is 100.00000% effective- some will still get pregnant. Con's- many forms of birth control do not protect from sexually transmitted diseases.
They are not into it and very very few get pregnant on purpose. It's usually up to failed birth control, no access to birth control, no sex education, being in denial that it could ever happen to them etc.
Education. Parents sharing their moral view of premarital sex. An ability to openly discuss views and feeling from both teens and parents. Access to birth control when needed.
The perfect-use rate is the same for all ages. The real-life effectiveness rate is lower in teens because they don't return for reinjection on schedule.
Whenever they start being sexually active, so around 14 to 15.