...What Are The Causes of Unwanted Pregnancy In Teens? Imagine someone telling you that you don't matter and you don't have the right to exist, well 1 out of 4 babies conceived are aborted in the United States. Teenage Pregnancy has become an epidemic in which 1 million pregnancies are reported each year and 35% have an abortion. It troubled me to see these numbers and I began to inquiry what are the causes of Unwanted Pregnancy? According to National Abortion Federation (www.prochoice.org) many of the youngest women in this group (70% of those ages 13 or under) reports having had sex forced on them. By the time they turn 20, about 40% of American women have been pregnant at least once. Many of these young women have little understanding of their bodies and have begun having sexual intercourse before knowing about ways to prevent pregnancy. Of teenage women who become pregnant, about 35% choose to have an abortion rather than bear a child because of no desire to have one. Teenager’s today live in the fantasy of things, they believe in what they see, In modern society mass media reign, no longer is Maya Angelou or a book relevant; teenagers look up to music videos and reality shows to dictate their lives. Shows like MTV “Teen Mom, a show that follows the lives of young teenage mothers, the show portrays the “hardships and difficulty of young motherhood” sounds positive right, well due to the show the teenage parents are all over magazines and T.V scene becoming celebritize, no...
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... Mrs. Boyce English 12 Teen pregnancy is a widely debated topic in todays society. Approximately 900,000 teenagers become pregnant in the united states each year before the age of twenty years old (Frick 21). The pregnancy rate for the united states alone for girls aged fifteen through nineteen stands at a eighty four pregnancies per 1000 girls (19). Countries like the United states, Romania, Belarus, and Bulgaria have the highest rates of pregnancy above seventy pregnancies per 1000 young women (19). Teen prenancy is one of the most controversial social topics of our time. Teen pregnancy has continuosly became a problem through the years. In 1950, the right thing to do if pregnancy occurred, was to get married. In 1955, only six percent of caucasian teenage girls were pregnant outside of marriage; today it stands at forty two percent ("The Elkhart Project").The teen birth rate was fifty percent higher in 1957 than it is now ("The Elkhart Project"). In 1992, the federal goverment spent more than thirty four billion dollars on welfare for families begun by teens ("The Elkhart Project"). Overly accepting attitudes from parents pose a problem in today's outlooks on pregnancy from teenagers. According to several studies, younger siblings of teen parents are two to six times more likely to become pregnant ( Frick 77 ). People say teen pregnancy is happening because eighty three percent of the television programs include sexual...
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...Running head: MORE THAN HORMONES Teen Pregnancy: More Than Just Raging Hormones Amberette Kennard Psychology 101 Professor Greg Harmling 05/10/2011 Teen Pregnancy: More Than Just Raging Hormones A young girl gets ready to leave for school. She brushes her teeth, combs her hair and picks out an outfit. She gets dressed and takes one final look in the mirror before heading out. She stares at her midsection, anxiously trying to adjust her shirt. It’s getting harder and harder to hide…soon everyone will know... Despite a one-third decline since the early 1990s, the United States still has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth among comparable countries. In 2008, the U.S. teen birth rate was 41.5 births per 1,000 girls age 15-19. By way of comparison, the U.S. teen birth rate is nearly two times higher than the United Kingdom (26.7 per 1,000). (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2010) Teen pregnancy has been the leading topic of many U.S. talk shows, news programs, documentaries, and movies. Its appearance in so many mediums demonstrates that there is a fascination with and strong desire to understand the problem of teen pregnancy in the United States and the constant search for a solution. There have been many studies on the physical causes of teen pregnancy such as rising hormone levels, the adolescent brain’s transition, and more. Although there has been...
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...being called – teenage mother/father? One might ponder that this exposition will exclude men. No. they bring ladies in this scene. The exposition attempts to conduct the teenagers to be reminded of what it is like to live in a more aware, conscious, and fulfilling way. It also serves as one of the guide to more harmonious relationships between young couples and families. Gilapay (2007) states, teens want to act like adults, but the child in them remains. Teen years are a prime time for identity crisis and identity formation. It is also, when pregnancies come into play. According to the World Health Organization, around 21 percent of Filipino Women become pregnant before they turn 19. Cerecero (2009) says, teen pregnancy is an issue that has affected not only our school, but schools across the nation. Although the teen birth rate is slowly falling there still remains an estimated one million teen pregnancies nationwide. Babies born to teenage mothers are more likely to have health problems, suffer from social problems, and do poorly in school. The Problem The main purpose of this study is to explicate teenage pregnancy among women (and men impregnating women) and its effects to the life of teenagers, as a means toward a better understanding of their situation thus giving aid to their acceptance to the society. Specifically, this exposition seeks to answer these questions: 1. What is teenage pregnancy? 2. What are the reasons of teenage pregnancy? 3. What are...
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...1. How do systemic factors affect personal behaviors such as teen pregnancy and substance abuse? Discuss specific systemic factors that are related to disparities in rates of teen pregnancy; also discuss systemic factors related to substance use. Use examples from at least three related chapters/course readings in your response. You may also use data from the PowerPoint slides posted on Blackboard. Structure creates culture. William Julius Wilson points out this by stating that “structure trumps culture” in his book, More Than Just Race. In this quotation, he implies that systemic factors (“structure”) affect personal behaviors (“culture”). Systemic factors refer to the factors that emerge from the social structure and give impact on the social constituents of structure. Because the social constituents should live within the social structure, they obviously are influenced by the systemic factors. Thus, systemic factors have an underlying linkage with personal behaviors. Systemic factors, such as education, poverty, and economic change, strongly influence on an individual’s behaviors such as teen pregnancy and substance abuse. Education, poverty, and economic changes are systemic factors that have created major shifts in general behaviors of teen pregnancy. According to the article “After the Sexual Revolution,” some factors contribute to these shifts: success of abstinent education, positive effect of comprehensive sex education cultural backlash against sexual revolution...
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...Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a very important issue, especially in the United States where approximately one million girls become pregnant each year. Though public assistance, foster care, and child health care these pregnancies cost the U.S. at least $7 billon per year. About one third of girls in the U.S. become pregnant before the age 20, 8 in ten of these are unintended and 80% are to unmarried teens. There are many health risks not only for teens but for the baby as well. One third of teen pregnancies end in abortion but those who choose to carry out there pregnancy run the risk of experiencing complications. This is mostly because teens are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, and eat unhealthy during there pregnancy. Smoking during a pregnancy cause cause the baby to be extremely premature or the baby can be born with SIDS or sudden infant death syndrome. Premature babies can also have under developed organs and are more than 100 times as likely to die. Other problems that prematurity can include breathing problems, bleeding in the brain, vision loss and intestinal problems. During a pregnancy it is very important to have parental care and because lacks of money teens usually don’t get the proper care they need. There are also many problems that teen pregnancy can cause other problems dealing with physical health. Only a few teens look at adoption as an option which contributes to teen mothers living in poverty and dropping out of school. Only 40%...
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...Teenage Pregnancy A Significant New Zealand Health Issue In the following assignment I will discuss the significance of teenage pregnancy, as a health issue, in New Zealand. This discussion will include the significance of the issue itself, and its impact on both infants and teenage mothers. I will consider this topic looking at populations in New Zealand and include international comparisons. In the last century there has been significant changes in family size, reproductive patterns and population dynamics. As shown by the New Zealand Health Information Statistics, when looking at births, it is apparent that New Zealand women now have fewer children, later in their lives, and many forgo parenting altogether (Statistics NZ , 2003). New Zealand is said to rate high in International comparisons for teenage pregnancy. However, most recently reports have indicated a drop in our teenage birth rates. Statistics New Zealand (2002) reported the birth rate for teenagers (aged under 20 years) dropped by 6.5 percent, from 27.7 per 1,000 in 2001 to a new low of 25.9 per 1,000 in 2002. The following table summarises these significant changes in birth patterns by age of mother over the past ten years. Distribution of Live Births by Age of Mother 1992 and 2002 Table 1. Statistics New Zealand Another recent report from the National Youth Health Survey...
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...Teens and Sex and Sexual Addiction Sexually active sons, within America, are a significant problem we must look at. A question that rings within the minds of sons everybody again is when towards possess sex. Our Catholic teachings, instruct ourselves towards wait until one is within a loving marriage towards possess sex. Not alone is the church preaching abstinence, but already social institutes are also teaching students onto the advantage of abstinence. Premarital sex is a growing, and important issue. Premarital sex is ordinarily the cause of sexually transmit diseases, teen pregnancy, and deep, emotions of regret. Sexually transmit diseases flourish within a citizen of premarital sex, where teens have many sex partners. A organize influence of this, is STD's becoming many ample among the population. One reason for the plague of STD's is the misuse of contraceptives via teens. Many teens believe that condoms, or the pill prohibit the location of herpes, AIDS, or else diseases, but within fact, they do not cease the location, and no whereas do the fruit state that they do cease the location of STDs. Three million novel cases of sexually transmit diseases among teens are reported each year. Many teens that believe nobody is wrong within devoting premarital sex possess intercourse with many contrary teens across the ages of 15 and 19, and approach the chance of allocating sexually transmit diseases each time. With sexual intercourse onto the rise with tall institute students...
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...Chapter 1 Problem and it’s Setting Background of the study Sex education has become a major issue here in the Philippines because the church people and government officials cannot decide on whether to incorporate sex education in students learning curriculum in this study the researchers will show the importance of incorporating sex education to the subjects of the students. According to statistics compiled by the Guttmacher Institute schools (2008) is exploring the best sex education programs to benefit students. The US has “one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—almost twice as high as those of England, Wales and Canada, and eight times as high as those of the Netherlands and Japan.” Because of the rising pregnancy rates among teens, in addition to the rising rates of sexual activity among teens, parents. The United States has unacceptably high rates of teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS infections. To address this challenge, NARAL Pro-Choice America supports honest, age-appropriate, and medically accurate sex education that promotes abstinence and provides young people with the information they need to protect themselves. On the same hand, Peter J. Smith (2006) any DepEd directors and church people have argued that if they should incorporate sex education to the learning of the students. Furthermore they have argued about it since 2006 but today some public schools are incorporating sex education to a child’s learning...
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...areas is teen pregnancy. A peer-reviewed research paper published by The Journal for Nurse Practitioners entitled “Who Will Listen? Rural Teen Pregnancy Reflections.” There are both medical and social concerns that occur with teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy statistic shows that teen mothers give birth to premature babies with low birth weight. The social aspect is teen mothers do not complete high school and lives in poverty. These situations rank high in abuse and neglect with teen parents. Definition of the Problem Rural areas show the highest rate of teen pregnancy compared to state rates, which produces a problem that researchers are questioning why this rate is higher in the rural areas. The Theory of Adolescent Sexual Decision Making (TASDM) is the basis this research was conducted to resolve. This theory has two main objectives that include the risk-promoting environments teens experience and exposure to risky situation that create the situations teens use to justify sexual behavior (Weiss, 2012). The problem with teen pregnancy produces premature birth and low birth weight in the babies. A medical problem with teen pregnancy is the medical expenses incurred with both teenager and infant. These statistics indicate that teen pregnancy result from family with no insurance and no means to pay the medical expenses teen pregnancy incurs. The social problem teen pregnancy presents are that teen mothers tend not finish high school. Teen pregnancy results in...
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...states only teaching abstinence is required and in 17 states the state does not specify on which sex education curriculum to teach. “The National Abstinence Education Association argues that comprehensive sex education in schools doesn’t reduce the number of teens having sex”, reported in the Grand Rapids Press. But contrary to the National Abstinence Education Association a study by The Mathematica Policy Research study found that students who had received abstinence only education showed the same propensity toward having sex as students who had not been taught an abstinence only curriculum. Health officials are very concerned with the number of teenagers contracting sexually transmitted diseases. In the United States over 3 million teenage girls ages 14 to 19 have an STD. In a study done by the Center...
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...About Sex,” Charles M. Blow argues that teenage pregnancy is a nationwide shame as society refuses to admit and face the facts that teenagers are having sex, he further states that turning a blind eye is not a rational approach and sufficient information and encouragement is needed. There were over 400,000 pregnant American teenagers recorded in 2007. Although the sex rate amongst girls in the United States is not the highest, the teenage birthrate and abortion is still leading in numbers. Blow expresses that many states and parents are backing out of the “abstinence-only education” approach. By moving away from the norm of society, daring actions must be taken to generate a sex education foundation that recognizes the truth and aid to safeguard our children from unsolicited pregnancies or other harmful outcomes. The author concludes that sex education at an early age may be drastic however Americans themselves are unable to approach the sex topic without being awkward, withdrawn or chuckling. As an experiment, Blow implies that parents initiate the sex talk conversation stern with assurance, “I’d prefer you waited to have sex. That said, whenever you choose to do it, make sure you use one of these condoms.” Ultimately, regarding the importance of sex education, I strongly agree with Blow that comprehensive sex education is needed within high schools so that teenagers can avoid the harsh outcomes of sexual activity. Teenage pregnancy is very rampant in today’s society as children...
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...of sexual abstinence. II. Statics A. Schools 1. 39% of female and 45% of male high school students have had sexual intercourse. 2. Half of the students don’t really pay attention because they’re already having intercourse. 3. No significant changes since Abstinence-only programs started III. Federal Funding 1. 1981, more than 1 billion spent on these programs 2. Some of the funds that are given aren’t correctly monitored 3. 1996 as a welfare reform 4. Spend on programs that haven’t been effectively working for a while IV. Teen pregnancies A. Not mature 1. Not ready to take care of baby 2. Drop out of school 3. Won’t have successful career 4. Too busy with baby if they go to college B. Love & sex 1. Teens don’t take in consideration what consequences are 2. Express feelings in a different way 3. Peer pressure C. Statistics 1. 58% of pregnancies end in abortion 2. Rate of pregnancies is 61.9 out of every 1,000 women 3. Teen rate is 96 out of every 1,000 women V. Abstinence-only vs. Comprehensive sex A. Not working 1. Abstinence only is not consistent 2. Not teaching right way 3. Influence on such early development 4. Older siblings and single parents B. Comprehensive sex education is better. 1. Better ways of teaching 2. Some kids already had sexual intercourse 3. Have to teach by other people’s perception of their friends 4. The right way to be safe if you are having sexual intercourse VI...
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...Pregnancies among the ages 15-19 in 2006 statistics say rate was 60% above the national average in Wilmington DE. I think to prevent teen pregnancies parents should communicate more with their children about sex and ask questions. Kids have lots of questions about sex, and they often say that the source they'd most like to go to for answers is their parents. Parents should also supervise monitor their adolescents, such as establish rules, curfews and stands in behavior. Also to prevent early pregnancies parents should know their children’s friends and families. Friends tend to sometimes have a strong influence on each other. Help your child become friends with kids whose families have the values as you do. Parents should also discourage early, frequent and steady dating. Group activities among young teenagers under the age of 16 can lead to trouble. Take a strong stand against your daughters dating a much older boy, and your son dating a much younger girl. Friends tend to sometimes have a strong influence on each other. Preventing pregnancies you should also use condoms, birth control, or practice abstinence. Always be aware of what teens are watching, reading, and listening to music which sends the wrong message to teens. Each year, nearly 750,000 teenagers become pregnant. Teen pregnancy rates have decreased overall. Since 1990, statistics still remain too high and teen pregnancies still is on the rise. In 2010 President Barack Obama made significant changes...
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...Teenage Pregnancy: Acceptance as Pop Culture Our society comprises of many gender niches and roles. Women are sisters, daughters, and most importantly mothers. Motherhood is one of the most cherished roles that a woman can take on. In the past, women were meant to be seen and not heard as their value depended on their ability to bear children and raise them thoughtfully. Even though that has changed and women are expected to gain an education and lead a career, motherhood can still be a main part of their life. However, motherhood does spring upon on some by surprise. Teenage pregnancy in the last few years have been on the rise and has become a problem for some to live up to that expectation of an education and career (Peck). In the past, teenage pregnancy was a taboo. However its discussion has become more widely accepted. Through analyzing the Candie’s Foundation ad in the October 2011 issue of Teen Vogue, it can be seen as an example of the shift in perception of teenage pregnancy in the United States. The Candie’s Foundation is a philanthropic branch from the clothing line Candie’s. The clothes from the Candie’s brand are meant to appeal to teenage girls who dress girly and traditionally feminine. Focusing on the same demographic, the foundation was founded with the goal to raise awareness about teenage pregnancy in 2001, according to their website. The print ads from their current campaign mainly feature female celebrities such as Fergie, Hilary Duff, Ciara, Hayden...
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