our bodies that will be subjected to the changes pregnancy brings as well as the risks. It is our finances that will support that child throughout its life. It is our maternal skills that will raise that child to be a caring, valuable member of society. Members of congress or pro-life advocates are not going to come to our homes and do these things for us so therefore, it has to be our choice to control whether we proceed with or terminate a pregnancy. If termination is our choice then we should have
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US Teens experience about 850,000 pregnancies. [3] Youth under the age of 25 experience 9.1 million STI’s. [3] In 2011, approximately 24 percent of new HIV diagnoses were young people age 13 to 24. [3] Credibility: When I attended High School in Georgia during my freshman to junior year it was required to take a sex education to keep us informed on current STD’s and STI’s, pregnancy, and our bodies. Although we were not required to get tested the pregnancy rates were lower that the high school
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this age group. Nearly eighty-nine percent of these births occurred outside of marriage.” Teen pregnancy in America is constantly on the rise, and the current approach of abstinence in schools is not effective. ("The Truth of Abstinence") The issue will never go away. It is important to inform teens of their contraceptive options. Abstinence – only education technique in schools do not lower the teen pregnancy rates, they are not always accurate, and abstinence makes teenagers feel guilty for obtaining
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Professor English 114 December 1, 2012 Let’s Talk Condoms in High School 1. Giving Out Birth Control In High School a. Reduces Teen Pregnancy i. Helps the economy ii. More teen girls will finish high school b. Reduces the Abortion Rate c. Promotes Self Respect d. Promotes Safe Sex e. Reduces STDS f. Educates on how to properly use birth control
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Persuasive Essay Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy Assignment # 8 Tiffany D. Bolden National American University Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy It’s a beautiful thing to bring a child into the world. The ability to produce life comes with more responsibility then “parents” have acknowledged initially prior to their parenting experience. Being a parent is accompanied with lifelong ties. Not only does bearing a child into this world mean lifelong ties, it also commences the genesis of future generations
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Teenage Pregnancy Name: Institution: Teenage Pregnancy Introduction One of the questions that arise at the mention of the teenage pregnancy is why different countries record different rates of teenage pregnancy, with others having high States of America is one of the countries that have recorded high rates of teenage pregnancy with its prevalence in the country rating higher than any of the Western industrialized nations. For instance, A National Campaign
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large vulnerable population is sexually active adolescents. There are many risks and an increasing need for education. Demographics The vulnerable populations are increasing. American teenage sexual activity and risks associated with it are growing. These risks include STDs, STIs, HIV, teenage pregnancy, low birth weight infants, date rape, sexual and physical abuse, and for females; an immature cervix is easily infected. An average adolescents has had sex for the first time by the age of 17
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Teen pregnancies in the Philippines By Rebecca B. Singson Philippine Daily Inquirer Filed Under: People, Lifestyle & Leisure MANILA, Philippines—The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the Internet, magazines, TV shows, movies and other media than decades ago, yet without any corresponding increase in information on how to handle the input
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Running head: TEEN PREGNANCY Teen Pregnancy Shauntia Gillespie University of Phoenix BSHS 485 Darla Roberts November 10, 2014 Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a huge epidemic across the country and in Rhode Island the numbers are still climbing. There are organizations that will help a pregnant teenager or a teenager infected with a Sexually transmitted disease. Local communities have shelters, group homes, and clinics, which are all helpful, but they are also local agencies. Local
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When a teenage girl gets pregnant, this phenomenon is called teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is treated differently in many cultures. A great number of countries, mostly in Asia treat it like a regular thing due to their traditions and peculiarities of the culture. But the Western civilization treats teenage pregnancy like a negative phenomenon, because young people are supposed to study and have normal years of life, without burden and big problems. Unfortunately, teenage pregnancy is quite
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