Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that affects the entire community. It is important to examine the causes of this problem‚ the effects the problem has on our society and the individual‚ and some of the possible ways of combating this problem. In every city in the United States teenage girls and boys face premature parenthood. If they chose to accept the responsibility of their actions and not opt for either abortion or adoption‚ they have to grow up quickly in order to face many harsh realities--these
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Shay Wiese Focus Paper Family Dynamics 3/20/2014 Teenage Pregnancy There are many issues that are arising in the United States. These issues seem to catch media attention but they are publicized so much that teens believe it is all in fun. They don’t understand that doing drugs does not lead to fun partying. Becoming a dealer is not a quick way to cash it’s a quick way to death. Committing suicide does not make everything easier. The only person you took the pain away from was yourself. The
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Over 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 refers to pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Survey Data released in Conjunction with World Contraception Day shows that unprotected sex is on the raise among young people in Singapore. 61% of 200 sexually active young people between the ages of 16 and 19 surveyed in Singapore have had sex without contraception with a new partner‚ a 12% rise from the previous survey done in 2010. Furthermore‚ many teenagers prefer highly unreliable contraceptive methods‚ such as the "withdrawal"
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Teenage pregnancy could be defined as a girl attaining motherhood before she reaches the legal age of adulthood. Rates of teenage pregnancy in Jamaica are among the highest in the Caribbean‚ with females between the ages of fifteen to nineteen years of age being responsible for one hundred and eight births per thousand women. Females between the ages of ten and nineteen account for twenty-five percent of births in Jamaica‚ and twenty-two percent of births between fifteen to nineteen year olds are
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"Teenage pregnancy" For me Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-17‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. When I heard about it the question that goes in my mind is that‚ “what is the cause of it?”. I’d asked my friends about it‚ base on my them and I agree on it‚ the first
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fact that a young mother has less education and real-world experience than an older woman‚ means that pregnant teens don’t always make the best decisions for themselves and their unborn children. Furthermore‚ pregnancy at any age is a life-altering event. But during the teen years‚ pregnancy means that many typical experiences and opportunities are missed--high school graduation‚ college‚ general freedom of choice. Young mothers must grow up quickly‚ taking on responsibilities that they may not be
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The social issue of TEENAGE PREGNANCY A Research Paper Submitted to the School of Information Technology Mapua Institute of Technology Makati City In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in Current Issues SS15 Submitted by: Anne Louise C. Reyes Submitted to: Dr. Reynaldo A. Padilla September 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Persuasive Essay Teen pregnancy is something that has been around for ages‚ and isn’t all that uncommon. As of 2006‚ out of a million teens between the ages 15-19 three quarters of them end up pregnant every year. Out of all those teens‚ only a very few planned on becoming teen mothers. Through my interviews I have learned just how difficult and life changing becoming pregnant and having a baby as a teen can be. The best thing for teens to do is wait to have a baby‚ because having a baby this young
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In the US‚ teen pregnancy rates have been decreasing in the last decade even though current rates remain twice as high as those found in other industrialized nations (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1994). In spite of decreasing rates‚ among African American teenagers‚ the pregnancy rate is particularly high. In 1996‚ the pregnancy rate was 178.9 per thousand among African-American females aged 15 to 19 years‚ compared with a pregnancy rate of 82.6 among whites (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1999). Additionally
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