http://www.ehow.com/about_5127713_pros-teen-access-birth-control.html Pro Allowing teens access to various forms of protection may help decrease the amount of teen pregnancies taking place each year in the United States. Gone are the days when a teen pregnancy affected someone who was 16 or 17. There are now instances of 13- and 14-year-old girls having babies--teens who are completely unprepared to give birth and raise a child. If the child is not given up for adoption‚ the responsibility typically
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population‚ the increase in homelessness over the past two decades cannot be explained by addiction alone” (“Multiple Factors”). Addiction is a very big factor in homelessness‚ but there are others‚ too. Mental illness makes up for about 16% of the adult homeless population. Many cases are very severe and persistent. (“Multiple Factors”). The fact that these people aren’t in homes that can help them out is absurd. More people should be open to helping these people out by referring them to homes
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Vaccinations: Option or Obligation? The concept of vaccination was first invented in 1796 by Edward Jenner‚ the father of immunology‚ who realized that certain people were immune to certain diseases. Further research led scientists to discover that people who were exposed to a strain of cowpox were immune because they already had antibodies that could fend off the strain. This was the genesis of over four hundred years of extensive and successful research. Since their beginning‚ vaccinations have
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any schools around the world‚ but uniform has its pros and cons to it. With the ongoing discussion about uniforms‚ one comes to question if uniforms are really necessary. School attire should be eliminated because it takes away freedom of expression and the attention from education‚ but can also be enforced because reducing peer pressure and bullying as well as deterring crime and increase student safety. Having school uniform has its con to it and one would be the fact that it takes away our freedom of expression
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Every consenting adult should take responsibility for his or her actions by disclosing STD history‚ allergies to contents of lube or condoms‚ and interests involving sex. The other person should take the same action and if he or she doesn’t‚ sex shouldn’t happen. Health and safety should be on both partner’s minds when engaging in any sexual activity. Several people do not know how to bring up the subject of sex or of someone’s history‚ yet if they do it‚ they tiptoe around it. In my opinion
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different stills found that 43 of the 48 samples had lead levels ranging from five to 599 parts per billion (ppb). Over half the samples contained lead levels exceeding federal water guidelines of 15 ppb‚” (Grabianowski). Approximately 80% of all adult lead poisoning deaths have to do with consumption of moonshine (Grabianowski). Along with the lead troubles‚ radiators also contain traces of leftover antifreeze‚ which contains ethylene glycol‚ which is fatal (Devlin). Another popular place to produce
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a very significant part of international trading in North America. NAFTA was built upon a prior 1989 trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada that was responsible for tariff reductions between the nations. There were concerns of U.S. jobs being lost in the transfer of factories to foreign nations‚ where U.S. companies could take advantage of cheap labor and the lack of workers’ rights. Also‚ environmental groups became concerned that enforcing
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Each state has the right to determine its own disenfranchisement laws. However‚ not if they conflict with the constitutional voting rights. Felon disenfranchisement is the stripping of voting rights from those individuals who have been convicted of a felony. These rights can be taken in multiple ways‚ however there are five prominent categories: permanent loss of voting rights (twelve states)‚ right restored after parole and probation (nineteen states)‚ restored after parole (four states)‚ restored
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“Buying green‚ saving green‚ acting green‚” is the new mantra hummed by numerous amounts of people in the world today. Becoming environmentally conscious has grown to a state where everyone shames those who leave a light on when they leave a room or when they leave the tap on a second too long when brushing their teeth. Can abiding by these rules solve our never ending issue of climate change? An overwhelming no can arise from that. Green consumers these small acts are enough to reach their goal
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The United States only has 5 percent of the world’s population and uses 75 percent of the world’s prescription drugs. The United States has the highest prison population out of all the countries and almost half of the prisoners are there because of drug crimes. Due to the ever increasing drug use in the U.S. today‚ our society would benefit from less punishment and more rehabilitation‚ some benefits include less spending‚ lower incarceration rates and lower death rates. Drugs affect three systems
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