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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In the state of Illinois, you need a prescription to obtain birth control pills. If you're a minor, you can get a | In the state of Illinois, you can easily buy condoms and there are no age restrictions. If you want birth control pills, you need a prescription to obtain birth control pills. If you're a minor, you can get a prescription for the following reasons: if you're married, if you're a parent, if you have health reasons requiring birth control or if you received a referral from a professional (like a doctor). In all other cases, minors must receive permission from their parents to get a birth control pill prescription. | ||
At Title X Clinics, like Planned Parenthood Chicago, teens and adults can receive sexual and reproductive health care. They charge on a sliding-scale basis. They may be able to give you a prescription to birth control pills, as well as condoms and sexual health counseling. If you pay for their services with family health insurance and you're a teenager, your parents may see that you visited the clinic in their bills. | |||
In the state of Illinois, it's not required to teach about sexuality in public schools. However, it is required to teach students about contraceptive methods, such as condoms, pills and patches.<ref>[https://sexetc.org/states/illinois Sex in the States: Illinois]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||