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My 15 yr old step-sister wants birth control and my step-mother wont get it for her - what should I tell her?

• My question is fairly self-explainatory. My 15 year old step-sister ask been begging and pleading with her mother, my step-mother, to please get her birth control pills because she really doesnt want to get pregnant by accident, but my wicked witch of a step-mother refuses to get her any birth control because she doesnt want to say that is okay for her 15 year old daughter to have sex. I feel like Im in a super awkward position, because I feel really bad for my step-sister because I know shes just recently started being sexually active with her 18 year old boyfriend whos a senior in high school and supposed to be headed off to college next year; but I have my own apartment and don't live at home anymore so maybe I should just mind my own business. I mean, I've told her about using condoms, and she says that shes mentioned it to her boyfriend before but that he doesnt always remember to put it on in time or just ends up forgetting to bring a the condom. Shes afraid of getting pregnant but doesnt know what else to do - and her mother is just trying to hold the line firm at "total abstinence means you don't need birth control as a teenager", which is totally hypocriticial because her mother got pregnant with her when she was still just sixteen herself. The whole thing is just so frustrating. Whats a concerned older step-sister to do? I guess I could go get a prescription for birth control for myself and then just give it to my little sister secretly, but that doesnt sound like a very smart idea. Her problem is that she is only 15 and doesnt have her own health insurance or a car or a job or anything so shes kinda dependant on what her mom lets her do. What else can I tell her?

• Answer:

  You getting birth control for her definitely isn't a smart idea. Birth control can very possibly have negative side effects. I've experienced them. Not to mention the fact that her doctors need to know she's on birth control when prescribing other medications. And what's the BS about her not being able to ensure her boyfriend wears a condom? If you want to do something, get her a box of her own...tell her to be responsible and insist that he wear a condom EVERY TIME. If she's old enough to have sex, she's old enough to make sure she's protected. "I forgot to bring one" or "I didn't get it on in time" are ridiculous excuses. They both should always have one and they both should insist on using them from the very start of sex. It's easy...no condom = no sex. Responsible individuals know this. If they can't handle that, then they shouldn't be having sex.