Abstinence vs Sex Education Teen pregnancy rates throughout the nation are very high‚ and many people are trying to figure out how to cut theses rates down. Teaching abstinence or sex education in school has been a major issue throughout the United States for years. Many high schools teach abstinence- only in an attempt to lower the teenage pregnancy rates throughout the country. Many people believe sex education is what needs to be taught in high schools so teenagers are not going in blind and
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Abstinence By: Brittani White Abstinence means not having sex. A person who decides to practice abstinence has decided not to have sex. If two people are not up close and personal‚ then sperm can’t fertilize an egg and there’s no possibility
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safer sex‚ I feel the intelligent choice of abstinence is being highly overlooked. It is sometimes viewed as old-fashioned and based solely on religion‚ but in theory it is a plausible decision for one to make. The word abstinence means to abstain or refrain from something. People tend to forget its specific meaning‚ and feel that those who make this choice judge the ones that do not. Making this choice myself‚ I will set the record straight that abstinence is strictly a personal choice and others
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of my windows... Horrified and shocked‚ even life scarred‚ I witnessed the murder of not a human being‚ but of a horse...my horse. I couldn’t bear to hear that deafening sound of my horse‚ Jaden‚ crying in pain. I didn’t know what to do. There were only two thoughts in my head. I could quickly but quietly sneak into my parent’s room‚ raid their closet to find the hidden gun they didn’t know I knew about‚ and run outside maybe even murder whoever is torturing my horse! Or I could wake up my parents
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According to program directors‚ sexual abstinence is usually defined as the complete avoidance or self-denial of sexual behaviors‚ including oral sex. Abstinence-only instructors and participants tended to define abstinence differently; they tended to define abstinence as the avoidance of sexual intercourse only (Goodson‚ Suther‚ Pruitt‚ & Wilson‚ 2003). It seems that most researchers agree with the majority of program instructors and participants; most research
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In order to provide a clearer distinction of the two‚ the n abstinence only sex education‚ the idea is pushed that‚ it is only acceptable to have monogamous sex within marriage. It can be argued that abstinence sex education often doesn’t touch on subjects such as sexual behavior and sexuality. Comprehensive sexual education on the other hand‚ teaches about topics such as sexual orientation
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the federal abstinence-only education provision‚ the National Coalition Against Censorship and 35 endorsing organizations‚ including the National Education Association‚ the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America‚ launched the "Campaign Against Abstinence-Only Education." In a joint statement released yesterday‚ the groups said that they are deeply concerned about publicly funded sexuality education programs that restrict
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Abstinence: To chose or not to choose? Many teenagers just don’t understand the responsibilities that go along with being sexually active‚ they don’t even think about them. But maybe they should sit back and think before taking part. People should not be having sex just to have it‚ but because they are in love. The only time premarital sex may be okay is in the boundaries of a loving‚ trusting relationship. Other wise you will most likely regret it when you get older. There is so much
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Critique #2 Sarkar‚ S.‚ & Donn‚ S. M. (2006). Management of neonatal abstinence syndrome in neonatal intensive care units: A national survey. Journal of Perinatology‚ 26(1)‚ 15-7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211427 The rationale behind this article was to try to manage the neonatal abstinence syndrome of a new born in intensive care. The researchers tried to set up a universal testing to measure the neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). The objective was to get a better understanding
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longer is it a matter which will just go away if we ignore it‚ but teen health and the health of our society depend on choices which today’s teens make regarding sex. With so many diseases and problems facing today’s world‚ abstinence is the only way to protect ourselves. Abstinence is a safe choice in preventing the possibility of pregnancy. One-tenth of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant every year‚ 83 percent of these pregnancies are unwanted or unplanned. Half of the unmarried
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