Courtney Bradford Matt Jones Sociology 101 December 1, 2009 Teen Pregnancy You sit there tense, your face is turning cherry red, your eyes are fixed on the little white machine, and you feel like the suspense is killing you, two minutes seem like forever. All of a sudden you see a “+.” You’re fifteen and pregnant. What are you going to do now? Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face when it interrupts school or other plans. It can
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we spent about 11 billion dollars on teenage pregnancies. THESIS STATEMENT: RESEARCH SUGGEST THAT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ORAL CONTRACPETION WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP REDUCE THE OCCURANCE AND RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TEEN PREGNANCY AND ABORTION AND REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TAX PAYERS. MAIN POINTS: Easier access to to oral contraception will reduce the occurrence of unwanted and unplanned pregnancies and abortions and the risks associated
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Unit 2 DB RE: Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy Growing up Too Fast by people Magazine. Between the ages of 15-19 females tend to get pregnant each year. One of the youngest pop teens found out she was pregnant at the age 16 Jamie Lynn Spears (sister of Britney Spears). Once America was aware that this, they soon realized she wasn’t the only one that was 16 and pregnant. There over 790 thousand girls between the ages of 15 through 20 who are going through the same situation as the rest of these
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TEEN PREGNANCY Half of the teen girls aged fifteen to nineteen who became pregnant were not using any method of birth control. Among those, thirty-one per cent said “they did not think they could get pregnant at the time” (Chicago Tribune 2012). Teen pregnancy makes the lives of teens and their parents more troublesome and crushes their dreams of a great future. Pregnancy should happen when you are prepared for it. Parents usually have high expectations their children. When their child becomes
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Once a teenage girl finds out she is pregnant, her entire future changes. Teenage mothers account for 10 percent of births in the United States, according to the March of Dimes. This is the highest birth rate to teenage mothers around the world. Three in ten girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20, with teen mothers having a 25 percent chance of becoming pregnant for the second time before the age of 20. These numbers are distressing, due to the dire outlook of a teenage mother's
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Teen Pregnancy I see it everywhere and every day. It has become so prevalent and frequent people are beginning to get comfortable with. Teen pregnancy is affecting our young people’s lives drastically. It is affecting females and males alike. The girls are not ready or prepared to be mothers and the boys are not ready to be fathers. And even though most can look into their community and see the hardships a teen pregnancy has caused the problem still remains high. In 2009 alone, close to 410
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12A Teen Pregnancy Did you know that about 40 teenage girls get pregnant for every 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19? Teen pregnancy remains a significant problem in American society but there are steps that can help teens take responsibility for their sexual activity and avoid unintended pregnancy. According to Planned Parenthood, 80% of all Americans have sexual intercourse before the age of 20. 1 out of 20 females between the ages of 16 and 20 ends up carrying an unintended pregnancy. Unintended
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In this phase teen pregnancy is the concern. Adolescent pregnancy is a continual health and social problem. The national teen birth rate was 40.4 births per 1000 female, 15-19 years old in 2005 (Dept.of Health). Teen pregnancy in the USA cost taxpayers an estimated 1.9 billion dollars for increased health and 2.3 billion for increased child welfare. The decrease in teen pregnancies saved taxpayers an estimated 6.7 billion dollars in 2004. The consequences of teenage pregnancies are serious at the
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ganZila Arias 19 May 2011 Mod. 16-18 Research Paper-Rough Draft Adolescent Pregnancy, also known as Teenage Pregnancy, is the period where teenage girls are at a stage where their mind is a bit undeveloped and carry around a fetus in their uterus. Did you know that the U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world? It’s strictly because when you’re in your teenage years, it’s the time to have fun, you’re worry-free, and your living life to the fullest. However,
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looking for the root cause of the problem, we will be looking at it from the eyes of U.S policy makers and what they might see as pressing issues that may affect pre-marital sex and some of the consequences that stem from it, including high teen pregnancy rates and high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among teens. None of what will be stated in this essay should be considered my own personal belief, but what I see as causes that may be brought up by policy makers. It is also important
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