reproductive health needs; have longer life spans‚ and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception‚ infertility‚ abortion‚ testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)‚ pregnanlife spans‚ and greater health care needs than men. Women use many reproductive services such as contraception‚ infertility‚ abortion‚ testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)‚ pregnancy
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4%) than blacks (35.4%) or Hispanic (32.7) and had lower predicted pregnancy risk (Catherine A & Janet‚ 2011) There are many possibilities to why teenage pregnancy is higher among young black girls and Hispanics. Studies show the use of contraception differing between Blacks‚ Hispanic‚ and Caucasion girls. Compared to white teens most of the PRI (pregnancy risk index) was attributed to less contraceptive use (19% among blacks and 50% among Hispanic) significant differences in
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1. Laws against abortion kill women.*To prohibit abortions does not stop them. When women feel it is absolutely necessary‚ they will choose to have abortions‚ even in secret‚ without medical care‚ in dangerous circumstances. In the two decades before abortion was legal in the U.S.‚ it’s been estimated that nearly a million women per year sought out illegal abortions. Thousands died. Tens of thousands were mutilated. All were forced to behave as if they were criminals.* 2. Legal abortions protect
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it has a right to live and therefore abortion is wrong. However‚ every pregnant woman has the right to take control of her fertility‚ and as no method of contraception is 100% safe‚ women may still need abortion‚ because the women has a right to have an active sex life but not have any children. Abortion may be her only option if contraception fails‚ and this may be viewed as fairer on the child than for it to be born into an un-loving‚ un-wanting family. We must respect some women’s decision not
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schools‚ teen sex increases‚ more teens will experience negative sexual health outcomes and pregnancy. “Medically accurate‚ age appropriate‚ comprehensive sex education in schools‚ education that include information about both‚ abstinence and contraception‚ both from a values and public-health perspective.” (Rep. Lee and Sen. Frank Lautenberg‚ 2005‚ P.776) Abstinence programs can help teens delay sex. Sex education classes that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can persuade a significant
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Should Teenagers Have Access To Birth Control? Over time‚ the issue of whether or not teens should have access to birth control has been debated. Parents‚ teachers‚ church groups‚ doctors‚ and even the government have all had a say in the discussion. There are some who oppose birth control for teens. However‚ there are those who believe that having birth control as an option is the only choice. Republican Senator Glen Grothman of West Bend‚ Wisconsin is trying to block teenagers from
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unintentional. Research has shown that one of the causes of teenage pregnancy is the lack of a sense of personal responsibility for their actions‚ lack of maturity‚ and most importantly a lack of knowledge regarding sexual intercourse and contraception. Related to this‚ teenage pregnancy is often closely associated with poverty‚ limited education and employment opportunities. 53% of teens admit not understanding sex or birth control and this is a reflection of one of the most fundamental causes
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its policy the National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests (NSSM200). The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries‚ including the Philippines to control rapid population growth which they deem to be inimical to the socio-political and economic growth of these countries and to the national interests of the United States‚ since the
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in teen-aged pregnancy. We discuss research into the rates of teen-aged pregnancy‚ the intentionality and wantedness of pregnancy‚ the disruption of schooling‚ health issues‚ consequences for the children‚ welfare concerns‚ knowledge and use of contraception‚ timing of sexual debut‚ age of partner‚ coercive sexual relations‚ cultural factors and health service provision. We compare this discussion to the reviews on the same topic appearing in the South African Journal of Psychology a decade ago. We
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sexually transmitted disease. The messages sent to German teens are not designed to ask them to refrain from sex until marriage‚ but educates them on the safety precautions involved with the act itself. The movement to provide access to contraception‚ condoms‚ and comprehensive sexuality education is based on the desire to further reduce abortions and sexually transmitted diseases. In Germany‚ there is a national sexuality education policy‚ but individual states determine which curricula to
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