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 with abortion and high risk pregnancies. ·Many teenage girl who become pregnant have a higher tendency not to finish high school and this reduces their chances at attaing stable financial status and better careers. ·The high rate of teenage pregnancies puts a
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The Causes of Teenage pregnancy from: Obviously‚ the reason at the base of any pregnancy is sexual intercourse. But many researchers would like to know why the phenomenon of teenage pregnancy is so widespread. The easiest answer is that teens want to become pregnant; while this is not untrue in all cases‚ at least 80% of teen pregnancies are unintentional. Research has shown that one of the causes of teenage pregnancy is the lack of a sense of personal responsibility for their actions‚
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duties‚ most of the time they are not accomplished. Teens also go through situations that can change their whole entire life. It will make them mature faster‚ seek requirements and undergo consequences that they have never experienced before‚ that is pregnancy. These young adults desire attention in many different ways. They contribute in very emotional relationships where they pour their heart out and into every conflict that occurs then in the end‚ get their heart broken. They do not receive enough
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DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: TEENAGE PREGNANCY INTRODUCTION Today many teenage pregnancies are evident‚ contrary to the biblical view point and the understanding of the rule “NO SEX before MARRIAGE. Many young females have fallen into lust and temptation of involving themselves into sexual activities‚ which leads to many disastrous outcomes‚ one of which is teenage pregnancy. This occurrence was rarely evident back in the days; it was very rare to see a young girl pregnant‚ now when a teenage girl is expecting
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The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The question has often been raised: At what age should people begin to have children? It is a subject often debated amongst doctors‚ psychologists‚ social workers‚ and ordinary citizens‚ respectively. Some argue that it does not matter what age a person is‚ as long as he or she is mature‚ while others say that maturity comes with age‚ and a teenager is never equipped for the responsibility that comes with childbearing. Despite efforts to discourage teenagers from
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and their unborn children. Furthermore‚ pregnancy at any age is a life-altering event. But during the teen years‚ pregnancy means that many typical experiences and opportunities are missed--high school graduation‚ college‚ general freedom of choice. Young mothers must grow up quickly‚ taking on responsibilities that they may not be fully prepared to fulfill. In this respect‚ development must be accelerated to meet the challenges of parenthood Emotional Effects Many teens that get pregnant become
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Teenage Pregnancy Robin Deel Professor Wall Sociology 101 15 April 2013 Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is one of the most popular topics everywhere today. The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the western industrialized world. (Kendall‚ 2011‚ p. 495) Teens today have the mindset that “I’m just having a baby not a nuclear weapon”. This is ok with them and they go on about their everyday lives as if nothing can interfere with them. Oh my do they have an eye opening
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"Teenage pregnancy" For me Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-17‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. When I heard about it the question that goes in my mind is that‚ “what is the cause of it?”. I’d asked my friends about it‚ base on my them and I agree on it‚ the first
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Teen Pregnancy refers to pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Survey Data released in Conjunction with World Contraception Day shows that unprotected sex is on the raise among young people in Singapore. 61% of 200 sexually active young people between the ages of 16 and 19 surveyed in Singapore have had sex without contraception with a new partner‚ a 12% rise from the previous survey done in 2010. Furthermore‚ many teenagers prefer highly unreliable contraceptive methods‚ such as the "withdrawal"
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Causes and Effect of Teenage Pregnancy “Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling‚ there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone’ (Sams‚ Urquhart). A big issue in the United States is the percentages of teenage pregnancy rates. Being a teen is hard as it is‚ but having to raise a baby on top of that causes a bundle of responsibilities. Many factors lead up to this problem from the precautions not put in place. The outcome has not only the
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