education, commonly known as abstinence-only education, teaches sexual abstinence before marriage as the only means of preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). As for contraception/ protection (birth control or condoms), this is only alluded to in order to underline the failure rates of these methods.” And at 16-22 these youths, given the accurate information can and will make their own decisions, doesn’t it make more sense to give them accurate information for which to
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rules on birth control are for the Catholic Church, or the pharmacist who doesn’t want to write a prescription for birth control. Birth control of all forms should be an option, especially for rape victims, and knowledge and resources should be denied to no one. To my knowledge, the short story about the girl in the first paragraph isn’t true, but it could easily be. More and more hospitals across the United States are merging with and adopting the Church’s policies regarding birth control
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Chelsea McMillen’s Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade my audience Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience into being in favor of distributing contraceptives (condoms, birth control pills, spermicides, etc.) in high schools. Thesis statement: In order to explain why contraceptives are becoming such a necessity in schools today, I will share how teen parenthood is being glorified, reasons for such an increase in teenage pregnancies, and how effective distributing contraceptives
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The Impact Of Sex Education On Students Christian Joseph Veloso Angeles Mrs. Cunanan English 00/00/2016 I. Introduction Sex education is a risks of rumor and speculation, where biology is a more of a subject to pass than the understanding of how the body functions. Adolescence is the time that girls get their period and when boys start having wet dreams. Sex is one of the few words that catch our attention. Whenever we see the word
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What is RH Law? The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), informally known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. How does RH Law started? According to the Senate Policy Brief titled "Promoting Reproductive Health", the history of reproductive health in the Philippines dates back to 1967 when
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8oz) at birth I. INCIDENCE Occurs approximately 7% of live births of white infants, in Afro-American infants the rate is doubled 14% (Thilo & Rosenberg, 2003) CAUSES/FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRETERM BIRTHS 1. Low socio-economic status 2. Poor nutritional status 3. Lack of prenatal care 4. Multiple pregnancy 5. Previous early birth 6. Race (non-whites have higher incidence than whites) 7. Cigarette smoking 8. Age of the mother (highest incidence is in mothers younger than age 20) 9. Order of birth
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efforts to educate teenage girls, the US cable television network, MTV, created two television series: 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. During 16 and Pregnant each episode followed a different teen throughout her pregnancy up to a few weeks after giving birth. Teen Mom followed some of the original mothers from 16 and Pregnant during the first few years of their child’s life. The intentions of these shows were sincere when first created but have developed into a mockery of their original message. Throughout
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Today we live in an extremely modern and accepting society. However, a few decades back things were very different. Subjects that were once thought to be “taboo” are now more accepted. For example, issues such as gay marriage, the evolution of the “family” and bi-racial adoption are all extremely controversial issues discussed in public schools today. As you can imagine sex isn’t the most comfortable subject to speak about especially amongst children and their parents. The fact remains that it is
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All over the world today there are thousands of teenaged girls getting pregnant and having babies, willingly or not. In the US 1100 teenage girls give birth every day. Which means that 1 out 10 new mothers are teenagers. This is thought to be an even larger issue in developing countries. Due to the fact that teenage mothers are less likely to get a proper education when they have had children young. In the future they will not be able to get any jobs that require higher education, most likely then
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creative solution such as birth control, providing more options to pregnant teenagers, educating both parent and teenagers about sex. First, Teenagers are engaging in sexually activities at a very high rate and they need a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The distribution of birth control amongst teens is a much-needed practice. Many adults do not agree with the idea of birth control, because they feel that their teenagers will be more sexually active. Providing birth control to teenagers only
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