More than a decade has passed since the Advocates for Youth have sponsored study tours to countries such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands to know and understand why adolescents are safer and sexually healthier in European countries than in United States. The study tour had policy makers, professionals, youth and researchers in its core team. Each of the three nations in the study had a contract with the youth, wherein the youth were supposed to act responsibly and avoid undesired pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections along with HIV.
What is the problem?
The pregnancy rate in the US is six times more than that in Netherlands. This also makes the abortion rate high in USA. If teens and adolescents act more responsibly towards themselves, a lot of problems can be prevented. As you know, millions of women use emergency contraceptive pills for preventing unwanted pregnancies. If not for these pills, a lot of unwanted pregnancies would have occurred and family planning would have been much more difficult.
What can be done?
Use of contraceptive pills has become popular these days. These pills can be taken up to 120 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse. Levonelle One Step morning after pill can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. Contrary to its name, it can be used even the morning after unprotected sex but its efficiency certainly reduces. This pill has been used by thousands of women already. Other the other hand, ellaOne is relatively new to the market. It can be taken up to 120 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse.