REDUCING TEENAGE PREGNANCY Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is at its lowest level in nearly 40 years‚ it remains the highest among the most developed countries in the world. Approximately 67.8 per 1‚000 women aged 15–19 — nearly 750‚000 American teenagers — become pregnant each year (Kost and Henshaw‚ 2012). The majority of these pregnancies — 82 percent — are unintended (Finer & Zolna‚ 2011). Moreover‚ because the average age of menarche has reached an all-time low
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY A Research Paper Submitted to the School of Information Technology Mapua Institute of Technology Makati City In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in Current Issues SS15 Submitted by: Anne Louise C. Reyes Submitted to: Dr. Reynaldo A. Padilla September 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Causes of Teen Pregnancy
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growing number of teenage pregnancy‚ to minimize the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent and it is a good investment for the government to help control students irresponsible sexual behavior. Everyday thousands of sexually active teenagers are putting themselves at risk of getting pregnant‚ and as such there is an alarming rate of teenage pregnancies in schools which can have a negative impact on most teenagers’ life. According to the article “How Many Teen Girls get Pregnant every
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Teenage pregnancy is a serious issue in our society today where people become pregnant because they are not informed. The United States had the greatest amount of pregnancies. Teenage pregnancy affects not only females but males as well; it causes serious health and education problems. “Nearly 4 out of 10 girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20.” () Most teens get pregnant because they want to know what it feels like to raise a child or because they see others with children and
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mother’s life is threatened within the term of her pregnancy and I believe that’s the way the church would see it also. Within the same article that was mentioned in the first paragraph. (Abortion in America’s not rare‚ 2013) “It has been estimated that there has been 55 million safe‚ legal and rare abortions performed in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court decision.” For many years abortion has been only for saving a woman’s life if a pregnancy was to threaten her survival and in the article
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with coping financially‚ finding someone to take care of the baby when they are at work or at school‚ having little to no sleep‚ while worrying about finishing their education. Kate Atkins-Portman talks to journalist Chloe Chow about her life as a teen mother. I WAS FIFTEEN WITH TWINS. “On the night of my Year 10 formal I slept with my boyfriend of three years‚ Cameron.” Kate said. “Around Christmas/New Year‚ I felt sick and missed a period. It didn’t think too much of it because my period usually
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Yetunde Olaniyi 211508785 A Critical Approach in Evaluating the exceptions to Abortion The issue of whether Abortion should be considered morally and lawfully right or wrong is arguably one of the most controversial issues discussed in today’s society. People provide reasons as to why they are for or against the idea of abortion. Some people believe that abortion is morally wrong and should be outlawed. These people however provide reasons for their articulations‚ like the idea that killing
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imagine); they share a cultural universe to which we are often not privy; they remind us of our own mortality‚ for they are on the way up‚ and we are on the way down. (p.77). Among the generation of youth a phenomenon of single-parenting and early pregnancy has long been discussed and carefully examined which others have perceived as a social dilemma that needs further attention. Adolescence as they call the stages of these youth who are socially understood to be in the most difficult phase of their
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The Truth about Teenage Pregnancy Outline I. Introduction II. Body A. Causes 1. Lack of sexual education 2. Lack of communication between the parents and teens a. Weak relationship b. Too strong of a relationship 3. Drugs 4. Trends a. Social b. Media 5. Abuse B. Effects 1. Unwanted/ unplanned pregnancy 2. Abortion 3. Neglect/ Child abuse 4. Complications a. Maternal deaths b. Birth defects 5. Incomplete education
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Teenage Pregnancy Survey Analysis: The survey consisted of 52 participants‚ 26 males and 26 females. The target age group is 18 to 32. The participants vary from different universities‚ high schools‚ and work places around Bangkok. We decided to collect 52 responses because asking questions about Teenage pregnancy can be very sensitive and we are only using the survey to get opinions of people. 1. Were you educated about safe sex in high school? 90 percent of the participants said “yes”
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