Since the 1970 ’s‚ sexually transmitted diseases(STDs)‚ unintended pregnancies‚ and other problems from sexual activity have increased among adolescents in the United States. Approximately 1 million adolescent girls become pregnant each year and 86% of all STDs occur among persons aged 15-29 years.1 Premarital and teenage sex are far from being a new idea. What is new is the way we deal with it. One of the most common solutions is to distribute mass quantities of condoms and
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sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections as well as prevent early pregnancy. You have to ask yourself the question‚ did you tell your parents when you began to have sexual intercourse? By allowing teens to get prescribed birth control without parental consent‚ we would be violating the parents’ rights to be involved. adolescents should be able to obtain contraceptives without a parents’ approval‚ because it reduces the amount teen pregnancy‚ provides a safer home life‚ and displays
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HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud‚ Greed and Corporate Governance Manmohan D. Chaubey‚ Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University One College Place Du Bois‚ PA 15801 (USA) Tel: 814-375-4846 Fax: 814-375-4784 Email: mdc13@psu.edu Case for ICMC2006 International Conference on Management Cases 4-5 December 2006 IMT Ghaziabad‚ India HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud‚ Greed and Corporate Governance During the 1990s‚ Richard M. Scrushy‚ the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation‚ engineered many acquisitions
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Over the years the question has arised‚ should birth control be available to teenage girls without a prescription? Some parents and minors around the world think it should be. Their reasoning being is that it would prevent unwanted teenage pregnancies which in turn could prevent some major health issues. Although many people would like to believe this is the best way to go about the issue‚ the unpopular truth is that over-the-counter birth control is not a safe and should not be available to teenage
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Medical Rights of Minors “In 2013‚ there were 26.5 births for every 1‚000 adolescent females ages 15-19‚ or 273‚105 babies born to females in this age group.” Some of these unplanned pregnancies may have been prevented if those minors had access to their own health records and medical decisions. “Adolescents’ brains are not adequately developed to make these kinds of decisions‚ that they are heavily influenced by social and emotional reactions‚ including the wishes of friends and family.” This
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clients are minors. “Confidentiality is a widely held ethical standard a variously accorded legal right of clients and responsibility of counselors (American Counseling Association‚ 2005: American School Counseling Association‚ 2010). According to the Ethical Standards for School Counselors and the Code of Ethics and Standards for Counseling (2010)‚ both specify that counselors are ethically required to take appropriate action and breach confidentiality in certain circumstances involving minors. Counselors
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Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Languages‚ p. 324). Making birth control more widely available is the key. Opinions will vary from person to person‚ and especially from religion to religion about making birth control more available. By making birth control more accessible‚ especially
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are unintended. Births resulting from unplanned pregnancies can have significant‚ negative consequences for women‚ their families‚ and society as a whole. Effective birth control methods are expensive‚ thus‚ a significant number of women in low-income households do not use them. A variety of birth control methods should be free for females above the age defined by each state as the legal age of consent‚ because it improves the lives of women‚ kids‚ and society. Free birth control would enhance
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regarding their personal health options. Margaret Sanger‚ an American nurse‚ was among the first to fight for the rights of obtaining birth control. In 1916‚ she broke the status quo and opened the first conception clinic. As a result she was sent to jail‚ but that did not stop her efforts. Upon being released‚ she continued to fight for the legalization of birth control. Finally‚ by 1960‚ “The first oral contraceptive‚ Enovid‚ was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a contraceptive
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Effects of Using Birth Control Pills From time to time‚ women face the difficult choice of either using birth control pills or resorting to other contraceptives. The choice and preference on the desired method varies among people depending on one’s health and advice from medical experts. While Planned Parenthood explains that the use of birth control pills has no negative influence on a woman’s health‚ certain sections of the society still hold the opinion of zero-tolerance to birth pills because of
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