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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Prostitution should remain illegal in Australia. By Alex Dimitrijevic Prostitution is a dark and dangerous industry. Allowing prostitution in Australia will only expand the sex industry‚ have an increase in child prostitution‚ damage the health of the women and also be against many women’s wills. In order to prevent these negative changes from happening in our community‚ the Australian Government should keep prostitution illegal and possible create a stricter law to protect the women and children
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Editorial On average‚ 700 girls are impregnated each year in The Bahamas. Twenty percent of these teen mothers have another child while they are still in their teens according to the president of the PACE Foundation‚ Sonia Brown. We are urging citizens to take a stand and educate our children about contraceptives and the irresponsibility and lack of knowledge that leads to teenage pregnancy. Most teens that have children find it harder to become a part of the work force because their time
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Abortion 1 Abortion: Pros and Cons Abortion means the termination of pregnancy before birth. Abortion results in the death of a fetus. Some abortions occur naturally because the mother has an injury or disorder that prevents her from carrying the pregnancy to the full nine months. Other pregnancies are terminated by choice‚ resulting in an abortion. Those pregnancies are induced‚ which is intentionally brought on‚ because a pregnancy is unwanted or is a risk to the mother’s health.
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“Am I going to die” are the words that whispered out this fragile seventeen-year-old boy while tears continuously poured down his face as he tried to find the words to tell us what was wrong. He had just found out that he was HIV positive and was terrified that he would never get to experience life in adulthood‚ yet alone the rest of adolescence. He‚ like most teens‚ heard about HIV‚ but did not believe that it would happen to him because he was not gay or a drug user. Just like many adolescents
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to have sex without them knowing the consequences and responsibilities that come along with having sex? For Instance‚ most abstinence programs are ineffective due to religion. Classes in New York didn’t preach saving sex until marriage or disparage condom use (New York Times 13). Many studies argue that abstinence programs actually work. Pre-marital-abstinence eliminates sexually-transmitted diseases‚ reduces heart-ache‚ eliminates unmarried pregnancies‚ is in accordance with the Bible‚ and leads to
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Essentially‚ teens need to learn about sex at some point in their lives. The questions being debated remains whether information should come from their parent or from a qualified professional at school. Some parents feel as though they cannot approach their children about this topic‚ never mind teach them the details about sexual relationships‚ so they leave the task up to the schools and there is nothing wrong with that. Sex education should be taught in high schools‚ as well as in the earlier years
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Teenage Pregnancy 5/2/12 Purpose: To persuade the audience to support the prevention of teenage pregnancy. Thesis: The problem of teenage pregnancy should be prevented rather than glorified. Claim: Policy Organizational Pattern: Problem-Solution I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: In today’s society‚ teens are faced with many pressures. The effect of these pressures put on them is the inability to make good decisions when it comes to certain situations
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As far back as it is documented in history the idea of preventing unwanted pregnancies existed however with the lack of medical knowledge and technique it seemed impossible. Couples relied on their intuitions to know what might have worked or hoped to work. Although some of the methods were not guarantee to prevent a pregnancy those methods did not allow women their reproductive freedom; for instance the withdrawal method‚ she had to put her faith in her partner that he would pull out in time prior
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Teen Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancy is one of the biggest problems that America has to date. Currently‚ the United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western industrialized world. Four in every ten American girls will get pregnant at least once before they turn twenty. Approximately seven hundred fifty thousand American teenage girls get pregnant every year resulting in about four hundred twenty thousand teen births (The National Campaign). In today’s society teenage
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