couples that are married (Thompson). With the expansion of availability, many more versions of birth control were released (Thompson). Birth control should be available to girls 15 and older, should be free and with it being free it would lessen unplanned
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Draft Tena Stapleton Kaplan Universty 2 To: Human Service Workers CC: From: Tena Stapleton Good Morning, As most of you know teen pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our country today. Teen pregnancy has been an issue for decades. Even though the numbers have changed it still remains an issue. Figuring out why the number of teens giving birth is so high and ways to prevent is very important. It is important that we know the risk factors and that we educate our youth about
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Teenage Pregnancy in the U.S. Brandon Lisak Principals of Sociology 4/31/2014 “Each year in the U.S. almost one million teenagers become pregnant at enormous costs to themselves, their children, and society”. (Pregnant Teen Help, Teen Pregnancy Statistics) Some would argue that teen pregnancy is all glorified. Other individuals would protest that it is too influential. Teen pregnancy is a rising social problem in the United States and among other countries. Teen pregnancy is now being publicized
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Community Health Issues: Teenage Pregnancy The local Community health issues that will be discussed is teen pregnancy, even though it stems further than just the community. Teen pregnancy has been going on for decades, just in the past few decades we have seen the problem increase, up until around the 1960’s it was appropriate for a 14 year old girl to marry and have kids. Since the decline of unwed teenagers was when everyone decided it was a problem and it has to be fixed. Even though it has been
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Teen Pregnancy and Catholic Social Teaching: A Social and Moral Dilemma Imagine being in a multi-dimensional crisis of utmost magnitude. You are 16 and you are pregnant. You have disgraced your family, been physically abandoned by the father of the child, and you lost your faith in God. Who do you turn to for help? Is it even worth the fight? You lie there with nothing but blackness and wait for a glimmer of hope… Although early pregnancy and childbearing is an issue of concern, Catholic social
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Teenage pregnancy among today’s Filipino youth http://opinion.inquirer.net/74517/teenage-pregnancy-among-todays-filipino-youth The National Youth Commission, supported by the Department of Health and the World Health 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
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poverty-stricken areas, which are prone to behavior that leads to early pregnancy. We will measure the degree of change by the decrease in pregnancies over a specified time frame. This initiative will also measure the increase in the number of males and females who take part in educational and training programs that focus on prevention. The degree of change will focus on the methods that help prevent unwanted pregnancies, family planning, and the effectiveness of these methods. We will measure
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number of teen pregnancies among all ethnic groups. In Texas alone, unplanned teen pregnancy continues to be an issue among the age group of 15 to 19 years and is one of the contributing factors for high school dropouts. A study shows the average population of teenage pregnancies in Texas based on data collected from 1991 to 2003 of population growth, teen sexual activity, the failure of contraceptive use from lack of sex educational programs, and the projected growth of future unplanned teenage pregnancies
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Courtney Bradford Matt Jones Sociology 101 December 1, 2009 Teen Pregnancy You sit there tense, your face is turning cherry red, your eyes are fixed on the little white machine, and you feel like the suspense is killing you, two minutes seem like forever. All of a sudden you see a “+.” You’re fifteen and pregnant. What are you going to do now? Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face when it interrupts school or other plans. It can
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teaching abstinence is required and in 17 states the state does not specify on which sex education curriculum to teach. “The National Abstinence Education Association argues that comprehensive sex education in schools doesn’t reduce the number of teens having sex”, reported in the Grand Rapids Press. But contrary to the National Abstinence Education Association a study by The Mathematica Policy Research study found that students who had received abstinence only education showed the same propensity
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