Trimester: Trimester 1-2013/2014
Title: A Critique on “(Social’s role in Teenage Pregnancies)”
Article reference:
Azrul Mohd Khalib (2012). The Malaysian Insider: Society‘s role in Teenage Pregnancies. Retrieved 12 November 2012 from :< http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/print/opinion/societys-role-in-teenage-pregnancies/ >
Introduction
Malaysian born Azrul Mohd Khalib writes frequently on issues affecting his native land. He is currently working in the issues related on HIV/AIDS, sex and human rights. He has written many articles in one of the daily email news website called “The Malaysian Insider”. His articles have also appeared in the Malaysiakini, the article “Baby-Dumping: Killing the mothers won’t solve any problem”, “Ramadan a time to be considerate”, “Law still fuzzy on marital rape” as well as “not impossible for teens to be having sex” and etc. He has currently runs and battling an addiction to the “A Song of Ice and Fire” book series. Azrul Mohd Khalib has written many articles in the Malaysiakini in its letters section. The Malaysiakini is a political news website that has been widely considered to be one of the leading non-government owned paid-news agencies in Malaysia. Its news coverage concentrates mainly on local events, with a strong emphasis on items related to Malaysian politics, and also publishes columns, readers’ opinions in its letters section which claims to practice an editorial policy that is consistently supportive of justice, human rights, democracy, freedom of speech and good governance. And now the Malaysiakini is a voice of reasoned discussion on the letters section and not an exercising excessive editorial control on letters section.
Summary
The article emphasize the teenage pregnancy in Malaysia is continuously increasing from year to year and many teenage girls lost their lives because of resulting from pregnancy and not provide them necessary support for those in