parent regarding birth control? What if you did not have a parent to go get birth control with? Some adolescents do not have a good support system that would be willing to do that. Additionally‚ many pregnant teens feel that abortion is the only solution to their problem. With teen pregnancy being so prominent in today’s society and many teens seeking out dangerous solutions‚ such as abortion‚ young adolescent girls ages fifteen and older should be able to receive birth control from their doctor
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INTRODUCTION Background What is sex education? Is it needed to teach about relationship and sex to the children? Sex education may be taught informally‚ such as when someone receives information from a conversation with a parent‚ friend‚ religious leader‚ or through the media. It may also be delivered through sex self-help authors‚ magazine advice columnists‚ sex columnists‚ or through sex education web sites. Formal sex education occurs when schools or health care providers offer sex education
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the number of abortions each year‚ the people that passed these bills feel that maybe the parents will feel differently about the situation and be able to talk their child out of it. 20% of teens that are sexually active do not use any form of birth control‚ these are the teens that end up getting pregnant and getting an abortion. If these girls would use some kind of contraceptive it could stop a lot of the abortions performed each year. If you think about it‚ it is so much easier to take a pill
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treatment‚ financial support and education. They are outside the structures of power and decision -making. They lack the opportunity of participating equally within the community and are subjected to punitive laws‚ norms and practices exercising control over their bodies and sexual relations. They are perceived as the main transmitters of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) referred generally as women diseases. The traditional beliefs about sex‚ blood and other type of disease transmission‚ these
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everyone thinks because Plan B is guaranteed to work and will lower the number of abortions. In order to understand Plan B a person must have some background on the subject. Plan B is a second chance at prevention‚ if you believe your birth control may have failed take Plan B and have a greater chance of not getting pregnant. Dr. Vanessa E Cullen Vice President of Planned Parenthood Federation says‚ “Women of all ages who are experiencing sexual intercourse or who might be at risk of unprotected
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Persuasive Paper Hawk BCOM/275 January 13‚ 2011 Danielle Chavez Persuasive Paper One major concern throughout the United States‚ is teenage pregnancy. Let’s face it‚ there is nothing we can do to eliminate this huge problem amongst us. However‚ there are many ways we can reduce the statistics of teenage pregnancy. One great solution we‚ as a country‚ can promote‚ is to allow condoms to be issued within high schools. Although there are many concerns and questions to allow this act
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When adolescents are trying to find out who they are and where they belong‚ they turn to television (Fisher‚ 1994). This is a serious time for the shaping of adolescent’s morals and values. This would be an ideal time for children to be informed about safe sex‚ sexual predators and S.T.I.s ‚ however the average child spends approximately twenty eight hours a week watching television‚ which is twice as much time as they spend in school ("Facts about media violence and the effect on the American family
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it as a contraceptive method. Freakonomics coauthor Steven Levitt‚ Phd‚ wrote that after abortion was legalized “conceptions rose by nearly 30 percent‚ but births actually fell by 6 percent” (Abortion. ProCon.org). This indicates that not only are women using abortion as a sort of crude and drastic insurance policy but also a method of birth
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Sex Education In Public Schools 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 in schools is needed. Some believe that sex education should be taught at home by the children’s parents. Others feel that sex education programs in schools do not put an emphasis on abstinence and encourages children to have sexual intercourse. American culture is very sexually oriented and sex is
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just for the bare essentials – no fancy clothes or toys included. Consider an IUD for Birth Control till you’re ready to have kids 20% of children in the developed world will grow up in poverty. This is extremely detrimental to children and society. People who aren’t completely ready financially to bring a child into the world‚ should look into getting a Paragard IUD (or Intrauterine Device) for birth control. I have an IUD (Paragard) and I recommend it to anyone. I never have to remember to
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