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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parent regarding birth control? What if you did not have a parent to go get birth control with? Some adolescents do not have a good support system that would be willing to do that. Additionally‚ many pregnant teens feel that abortion is the only solution to their problem. With teen pregnancy being so prominent in today’s society and many teens seeking out dangerous solutions‚ such as abortion‚ young adolescent girls ages fifteen and older should be able to receive birth control from their doctor
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Public Schools and Sex Education It has become apparent that there is a dire exigency for sex education among young teenagers and adolescents in public schools. Based on statistics from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ birth rate for fifteen to nineteen year olds was at thirty one point three per one thousand population.(1) From two thousand six to two thousand nine‚ undiagnosed HIV‚ one in five cases didn’t know they were infected‚ were thought to be highest among young people ages
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sexually transmitted disease. As of the moment‚ we almost have more than fifty kinds if sexually transmitted disease and AIDS is not the only one that can result to death. Some people tend to be confident if they take birth controls before having sex. But what they do not know is birth controls are not proved to be 100% effective and it will not protect anyone to any of the sexually transmitted disease. Using of contraceptives can also fail due to improper use or can have defects when it is just being made
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the number of abortions each year‚ the people that passed these bills feel that maybe the parents will feel differently about the situation and be able to talk their child out of it. 20% of teens that are sexually active do not use any form of birth control‚ these are the teens that end up getting pregnant and getting an abortion. If these girls would use some kind of contraceptive it could stop a lot of the abortions performed each year. If you think about it‚ it is so much easier to take a pill
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everyone thinks because Plan B is guaranteed to work and will lower the number of abortions. In order to understand Plan B a person must have some background on the subject. Plan B is a second chance at prevention‚ if you believe your birth control may have failed take Plan B and have a greater chance of not getting pregnant. Dr. Vanessa E Cullen Vice President of Planned Parenthood Federation says‚ “Women of all ages who are experiencing sexual intercourse or who might be at risk of unprotected
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Introduction The Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines is all about the right to sexual and reproductive health‚ gender equality‚ equity and empowerment of women‚ universal access to reproductive health care services‚ methods‚ devices and supplies. There are 6 bills pertaining to reproductive health and/or population management that have been filed for deliberation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 15thCongress. The most controversial of these bills is House
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When adolescents are trying to find out who they are and where they belong‚ they turn to television (Fisher‚ 1994). This is a serious time for the shaping of adolescent’s morals and values. This would be an ideal time for children to be informed about safe sex‚ sexual predators and S.T.I.s ‚ however the average child spends approximately twenty eight hours a week watching television‚ which is twice as much time as they spend in school ("Facts about media violence and the effect on the American family
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it as a contraceptive method. Freakonomics coauthor Steven Levitt‚ Phd‚ wrote that after abortion was legalized “conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent‚ but births actually fell by 6 percent” (Abortion. ProCon.org). This indicates that not only are women using abortion as a sort of crude and drastic insurance policy but also a method of birth
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popular. Or is it? Many people believe that because so many teenage girls are getting pregnant nowadays that we live in a country where there is a “baby boom” so to speak. However‚ this is not the first time there has been an increase in the teen birth rate. It could be that our country will go through periods of “baby booms” and it is not so abnormal after all. But one question that is probably often asked and given many different answers to is‚ “Why are so many teen girls getting pregnant?” Also
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