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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Teenage Pregnancy: Society’s Role Teenage pregnancy is best defined as a young lady under the age of twenty becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancy‚ in the past‚ was not so much of a controversial issue as it is today‚ mainly because there were very few‚ if any‚ ways of preventing it. Whereas‚ in modern-day’s society‚ teen pregnancy has become a worldwide issue due to the many methods that can be taken to prevent it-birth control‚ sexual education courses‚ remaining abstinent‚ and many more. Teenage
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follow from having unprotected sex‚ one of the consequences is getting pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is an overwhelming problem in the United States. Over one million American teenagers become pregnant each year this means that 1 in 10 girls will become pregnant annually. Also‚ every 26 seconds a teenage girl becomes pregnant and every 56 seconds a child of a teenage mother is born. More than 600‚000 of these teenage girls will give birth and only ninety percent of these girls will elect to keep their
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REDUCING TEENAGE PREGNANCY Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is at its lowest level in nearly 40 years‚ it remains the highest among the most developed countries in the world. Approximately 67.8 per 1‚000 women aged 15–19 — nearly 750‚000 American teenagers — become pregnant each year (Kost and Henshaw‚ 2012). The majority of these pregnancies — 82 percent — are unintended (Finer & Zolna‚ 2011). Moreover‚ because the average age of menarche has reached an all-time low
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Jerikho Dayot Mrs. Larsen AP Language Period 4 27 April 2015 A Modest Proposal for the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy and the Usage of Babies Born to Teen Parents in Unusual Cases Having to see poor little innocent children suffer from poverty‚ low income‚ and inexperienced‚ immature caregivers is an increasing situation occurring in today’s society. Many teenagers today are becoming parents and the majorities of them are not emotionally or physically ready to have the full responsibilities. According
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responsibilities of working‚ having a social life‚ coping financially and taking care of a baby all at a same time. Teenage parents struggle even more‚ as they face difficulties with coping financially‚ finding someone to take care of the baby when they are at work or at school‚ having little to no sleep‚ while worrying about finishing their education. Kate Atkins-Portman talks to journalist Chloe Chow about her life as a teen mother. I WAS FIFTEEN WITH TWINS. “On the night of my Year 10 formal I slept with my
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Teen pregnancy is significantly high in numbers in America; one must know teenage girls backgrounds to understand their differences and disparities. To find a prevention method‚ one must acknowledge what these girls encounter‚ if they have access to clinics and insurance‚ and does their environment play a role teen pregnancy. In regard to modern society‚ women of color and Hispanic teens encounter more disparities than white teens. White American teens have more financial support as well as physical
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imagine); they share a cultural universe to which we are often not privy; they remind us of our own mortality‚ for they are on the way up‚ and we are on the way down. (p.77). Among the generation of youth a phenomenon of single-parenting and early pregnancy has long been discussed and carefully examined which others have perceived as a social dilemma that needs further attention. Adolescence as they call the stages of these youth who are socially understood to be in the most difficult phase of their
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM Submitted to Dr. Gwenetha Pusta University of Santo Tomas Sampaloc‚ Manila In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Communication Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Letters Bernabe‚ Christine Melissa M. 4CA1 Absentee parents Absentee parents Celebration of sex and pregnancy by the media Celebration of sex and pregnancy by the media Curiosity Curiosity
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becoming pregnant and more than 80% of them are unplanned pregnancies. This number is so high because teenagers are not taking the responsibility of practicing safe sex and mainly because of abortion. In 38 states a minor must have parental consent to go though the abortion. Teens are often looking to abortion but when they do not get consent‚ they practice more unsafe options that are harmful to both the mother and their baby. Teen pregnancy is at an all time high and as a country we‚ as a country;
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