Teenage pregnancy is a common social problem in both Western and Eastern cultures. In United States‚ the statistics show that more than 3‚000 teens get pregnant every day and the half them give births (McCoullough & Scherman(1991)‚ cited in Yucel‚ 2003). Although teenage pregnancy may be considered as a positive experience‚ studies show that teenage pregnancy is associated with psychological‚ social and physical problems. The pregnancy rates reveal that the number of unintended pregnancy is very
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Teenage Pregnancy The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy‚ about 1 million teenagers become pregnant each year and 95 percent of those pregnancies are unintended. Teenage pregnancy is one of the most important and alarming issues in today ’s world. There are many reasons that teenagers become pregnant. Some of them want to have babies. However‚ the fact of the matter is that most teen pregnancies are unintentional (80 percent). Additionally‚ most of them occur to unwed teen
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Teen Pregnancy Speech Teen pregnancy rates sky rocket every year. 560‚000 teenage girls give birth each year. One sixth of all United States births are to teenage girls. Teen pregnancy rates are soaring and many teenage girls are impacted negatively because they are unable to fulfill the many responsibilities such as education and financial needs. Something needs to be done to decrease the teen pregnancy rates. None of you will argue that teen pregnancy rates aren’t high. And all agree something
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Jennifer Romanski Teen Pregnancy Pregnant teenage mothers are under pressure and feel like they can’t handle the responsibility of taking care of a child. For those teens who decide they can’t raise their baby‚ there are two alternative options‚ abortion or adoption. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy prior to birth. Adoption is the process in which both biological parents give up their parental rights to a chosen family/ individual. Abortion is a more common trend in teens
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Organization‚ convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit‚ which saw the active participation of adolescent youth‚ delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)‚ or the lack thereof‚ is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern
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the past few years teenage pregnancy rates have grown substantially. More than one million teenagers will become pregnant this year in Canada‚ and the number is growing. Many socioeconomic factors influence pregnancy rates‚ such as; different races‚ different religions‚ financial status‚ education and family background. Another influence is the sexual education children are receiving or not receiving at school and at home. While the problem of teenage pregnancy is acknowledged‚ solutions
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Teen pregnancy is not just a rare virus that has recently sprung up‚ adolescent pregnancy has plagued our country for over three centuries‚ but it is only more recently that we have noticed its growth and severe impact on many aspects of society.Teen pregnancy has been around for generations; however‚ not until the twentieth century has teen pregnancy become a major issue. With teen pregnancy on such a rise‚ there are many issues that can be discussed: the many risks of teen pregnancy‚ society’s
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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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Introduction In recent years teen pregnancy is increasing rapidly‚ it seems to have become a fashion statement. There are so many teenagers becoming parents while still attending high school. Most experts believe that teen pregnancy is declining but unmarried teen pregnancy is increasing. I believe it up to us to set an example for the children and teenagers today‚ what do you believe? “Even though teen childbearing overall has declined steeply over the last half-century‚ the proportion of all
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Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a topic of concern due to the significant impact on the health of the mother‚ child‚ and community. The resources available for supporting the needs of teenage mothers are decreasing; resulting in the majority of teenage mothers being caught in the vicious cycle of poverty‚ school failure‚ and limited life options (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2000). In the United States more than 40% of women become pregnant before they are twenty years old‚ and 50% of teenage pregnancies
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