Teen Pregnancy Today’s Statistics: Teen pregnancy rate has been on a decline over the past few decades Average teen birth rate decreased 9% from 2009 to 2010‚ reaching an all time low of 34.3 births per 1‚000 women (15-19y) 44% decrease from 1991-2010 About 820‚000 teens become pregnant each year 34% of teens have at least one pregnancy before they turn 20 79% of teenagers who become pregnant are unmarried 80% of teenage pregnancies are unintended The main rise in the teen pregnancy is
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With teenage pregnancy being ever prominent‚ it is very important for teenage girls and boys to have access to birth control in order to avoid an unintended pregnancy. Birth control and sex education is a controversial subject in many communities. The type of comprehensive health education or sex education information made available to teenagers through school is dictated by law. In South Carolina‚ schools are required to teach abstinence and provide information concerning sex as a future reference
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LITERATURE REVIEW POVERTY‚ HOMELESSNESS AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY February 2006 Prepared for: First Steps Housing Project‚ Inc. Saint John‚ NB Prepared by: Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton‚ N. B. Funding for this Literature Review was provided by First Steps Housing Project Inc. Saint John‚ NB Canada Author of the Literature Review: Tim Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton‚ New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________ Principal: Carole Dilworth
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Jennifer Romanski Teen Pregnancy Pregnant teenage mothers are under pressure and feel like they can’t handle the responsibility of taking care of a child. For those teens who decide they can’t raise their baby‚ there are two alternative options‚ abortion or adoption. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy prior to birth. Adoption is the process in which both biological parents give up their parental rights to a chosen family/ individual. Abortion is a more common trend in teens
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The Pregnancy Project The Pregnancy Project is about breaking down stereotypes and is based on the true story of Gaby Rodriguez. The high school senior challenges the way her classmates‚ teachers‚ and family members view teenage pregnancy when she pretends to be pregnant for her senior project. She eventually reveals her secret‚ but only after she has heard what everyone has said about her. The book provides a different perspective‚ making readers think about how they would react if they knew
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Teenage Parenthood Teen parents are people under the age of majority and have a biological child; adolescents with offspring. An individual having a child in his/her teenage years is significantly challenging even with the support of a partner. Becoming teenage parents catapults the individuals into adulthood‚ where they are expected to be self-reliant and to accept responsibility for fulfilling the functions of an expanding family for their child. Most often‚ teen parents have more negative
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Teenage Rebellion against Parents Teenager rebellion is hard to withstand from one’s own child‚ In fact there are three main factors that cause teenage rebellion: developmental changes in the body and brain‚ social and environmental influences‚ and parent influence. One of the factors that leads to teenage rebel against parents is the developmental changes in the body and brain during these tumultuous teenage years‚ which are all due to puberty. Physically rapid developments can make the child
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Teenager’s Pregnancy In Colombia Adolescence in Colombia is often the age of contradictions and misunderstandings‚ which makes the discovery of oneself possible. The development and maturity of these psychosocial characteristics are shifted‚ in adolescents‚ in later ages of life‚ unlike the first biological maturity prevailing in this phase. Thus misinformation and lack of education in the sexual order is considered a major risk on reproductive health‚ which could lead to early parenthood. Many
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A bibliography is a list of books‚ scholarly articles‚ and other sources you use when researching a topic and writing a paper. The bibliography will appear at the end of your paper. The bibliography is sometimes called Works Cited or Works Consulted. Bibliography entries must be written in a very specific format‚ but that format will depend you the particular style of writing you use. Your teacher will tell you which style to use‚ and for most school papers these will be either MLA‚ APA‚ or Turabian
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Teenage Prostitution “I had been sleeping on a park bench for three nights…. The fourth night…I met a man named Troy‚ who was really good to me at first…. Little did I know that my problems were about to begin” (Flowers 108). Prostitution can be a dangerous and scarce lifestyle for many teenage girls‚ but exists within the United States. These girls grow up very quickly and their innocence may be shattered through this profession‚ but many lack the knowledge of the true meaning behind prostitution
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