sex education programs in schools do not put an emphasis on abstinence and encourages children to have sexual intercourse. Sex education in public schools has been a controversial issue in the United States for over a decade. With the HIV and teen pregnancy crises growing, sex education is needed. Sex education classes can prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases are also called STD’s which are infectious diseases that spread from person to person through intimate contact
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Weiss, Josie A. "Preventing teen pregnancy by avoiding risk exposure." American Journal of Health Studies Fall 2010: 202+. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 May 2013. This site gave information on a theory of what adolescent girls think about teen pregnancy. The purpose is to promote a healthy future for these girls by doing research, giving point of view perspective, and highlighting future goals as oppose to teen pregnancy. It gives me the “why” of teen pregnancy and “how” teen girls are pressured and
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strict scrutiny (en.m.wikipedia.org). Unwanted pregnancies can be very stressful for women. According to Socialist worker, women have the right to control their own bodies and reproductive lives (socialistworker.org). Therefore, I am pro-choice. Abortion is growing rapidly in America amongst women and their right to reproduce children, however women should have the right to choose to get an abortion for many reasons such as a medical condition, teen pregnancy, and rape. Women that are faced with
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decade or two, it was stigmatized against due to religious and personal beliefs. The rates of contraceptive use are at an all time high, in a study specifically for the first time a teen would use birth control to have intercourse has raised up from 42% in 1982, to 79% in 2011-2012. Today I believe they're even more teens who utilize contraceptives, due to its cheap and easy accessibility. In an article about publicly funded family planning services stated that “In 2014, an estimated 4.7 million women
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honest with their child when discussing this issue.” (Schaalma Herman, 2004, 259-269) How do they approach their child and bring up the subject of sex? Once they are engaged in discussion, how to begin talking about topics like masturbation, teen pregnancy, birth control, and STD’s. These subjects could be intimidating for some parents. First, masturbation, what does the child knows about this practice. For many, they see it as something disgusting that old men and perverts do. How do they
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National rates on teen pregnancy: Half of girls who had children before age 18 graduate from high school, and less than 2% earn a college degree by the time they're 30. All babies are a blessing, of course, as I have often told those girls in my classes who are about to deliver. At that point, it's too late for me to tell them that I wish they had waited until they were older, finished with their education and ready to give that child all he or she deserves. I am all for doing whatever it takes
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Family Demographic Shifts and Their Policy Implications Changing Patterns: Since the 1960s, the structure of the average American family has become increasingly unstable as a result of major demographic changes. Marriage rates have fallen over the last few decades while divorce rates have remained high. At the same time, the percent of non-marital births in the U.S. has risen steadily, from approximately 5% in 1960 to 41% in 2011. In addition to this instability, family structures are becoming
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our bodies that will be subjected to the changes pregnancy brings as well as the risks. It is our finances that will support that child throughout its life. It is our maternal skills that will raise that child to be a caring, valuable member of society. Members of congress or pro-life advocates are not going to come to our homes and do these things for us so therefore, it has to be our choice to control whether we proceed with or terminate a pregnancy. If termination is our choice then we should have
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Abstract Internet censorship is a control or suppression of publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The Internet has become a “member” of almost every single family on our planet. It’s not just an ordinary member, but a very important one, especially too someone who spends a lot of time using the Internet. The Internet is a very useful tool that is used for everything such as advertisement, communication, shopping, researching and also for educational purpose. On the Internet,
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Informal Argumentative Essay In his article, “Let’s Talk About Sex,” Charles M. Blow argues that teenage pregnancy is a nationwide shame as society refuses to admit and face the facts that teenagers are having sex, he further states that turning a blind eye is not a rational approach and sufficient information and encouragement is needed. There were over 400,000 pregnant American teenagers recorded in 2007. Although the sex rate amongst girls in the United States is not the highest, the teenage
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