tendency to steal. Teenage pregnancies occur due to various reasons some of which include social pressure, coerced sexual relations, and lack of information and availability of contraceptives (UNICEF, 2012). It is such a huge problem because of its ability to affect the growth of a community and the world at large. Poverty, reduced health, and maternal mortality result from teenage pregnancy (Gennari, 2013). The similarity between both employee theft and teenage pregnancy is a lack of self-control
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2010, Evan Smith, editor of the Texas Tribune, put his chin in his hand and asked Gov. Rick Perry: "Governor, why does Texas continue with abstinence education programs when they don't seem to be working? In fact, we have the third-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country, among all the states." "Abstinence works," Perry replied, his arms folded and resting on the table be-tween them. Smith tried again – the point of the question, he said, was that abstinence education, by the stats, doesn't
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Ambur Dumais TV Essay TV Doesn’t Distract People, People Distract People There is no doubt that the debate of the limits the media should have has been ongoing. More and more people are becoming the types that automatically find someone else to blame for their problems or life choices. This continues through to the producers of the media, but viewers have to realize it is who they are that determines how they interpret the media they watch. Although there are multiple articles about the
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TEEN PREGNANCIES Teen pregnancy is an issue that has been a problem for many decades. It was frowned upon until about the 1970s. After that, it started becoming more acceptable just like many other things in this society. Just because society is not seeing it as much of a big deal does not mean it is not a problem in this day and age. There was going to be interviews conducted until it was realized that no research or outside resources to be done. It almost seems as though some shows are glorifying
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Research Paper November 13, 2011 Pros and Cons of Sex Education in Schools Sex education in public school has been a controversial issue in the United States for quite a while now. I feel like it really needs to be into schools with so many teen pregnancies, HIV and STD’s cases sex education is needed. Most of the American public believes that sex education should be taught at home by the children’s parents. They feel this way because the sex education programs in schools do not emphasize on abstinence
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Teen Pregnancy AIU Online Engl. 107- L. Roskoski February 5, 2012 Abstract In this paper it will discuss the things that can happen to teens when they get pregnant and don’t take care of themselves or the baby. It will tell you the pregnancy rate is and how teens cope with being pregnant and in school. How adolescent females think about teen pregnancy and their sexual choices. The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate of all nations. Usually one out of three teens becomes pregnant
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Teens and the outcome based on the laws on minors and abortion If you had a teenage daughter, how would you feel if she came home and said she was pregnant? Many teens fear to bring home a bad report card, getting in trouble at school, or even bringing home the boyfriend. Although, these are reasonable fears, the fear of telling your parents you’re pregnant at 13 is greater. Often the answer to teenage pregnancy is abortion, or illegal abortion. In many states, abortion is difficult to receive
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teenagers who avoid pregnancy. Many teenage parents live below the poverty level and rely on welfare. The children of teenage parents receive inadequate medical care, have more problems in school, and spend more time in prison than children of adult parents. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP) claims that teenage childbearing costs society about $6.9 billion annually; this estimate includes welfare and food stamp benefits, medical care expenses, lost tax revenue (teenage childbearing
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control should not be given to teenager because of promiscuousness, non-communication and un-healthiness. Although I’m against teen birth control, other has their reasons for it, such as, pregnancy, education, and abortion. Allowing teen’s access to birth control may help decrease the amount of teen pregnancies taking place each year. There are now instances of thirteen and fourteen year old girls having babies, teens that are completely unprepared to give birth and raise a child. Another reason
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Teen Pregnancy The amount of teens that are having sex has fluctuated since 1991, ranging from thirty-three to thirty-eight percent. And a study in 2011 reported that thirty-four percent of high school students stated that they were sexually active ("Sexually Active Teens"). And about one in five of those students are using contraception. The choices that these teens are making to not use contraception are the reason why there are numerous accounts of teen pregnancies. Is it because they are not
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