Teen pregnancy is an issue becoming increasingly more popular. Or is it? Many people believe that because so many teenage girls are getting pregnant nowadays that we live in a country where there is a “baby boom” so to speak. However‚ this is not the first time there has been an increase in the teen birth rate. It could be that our country will go through periods of “baby booms” and it is not so abnormal after all. But one question that is probably often asked and given many different answers to
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adolescents from becoming pregnant or contracting an STD. Instead‚ comprehensive sex education programs show them the consequences of sex‚ along with the proper tools to protect themselves. These programs have been proven to improve the use of contraception‚ decrease the rate of risky behaviors‚ while still informing teenagers about the importance of abstaining from sex. Therefore‚ based on the evidence and facts‚ it would be more beneficial for schools to embrace comprehensive sex education over
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injunction. In March 2013‚ the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit allowed a hearing of the case. In June the appeals court sided with Hobby Lobby and said that a company had the same rights of a person and could restrict women’s access to contraception on religious grounds. In September the US appealed to the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court sided with the district court and Hobby Lobby with a 5 to 4 vote. The main argument was if a “closely held” business (a private business with no stockholders)
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Ethical dilemmas are constantly confronting healthcare professionals‚ which is difficult to deal with as there is no correct solution. These are also known as moral dilemmas as they are situations where there is more than two choices to make and none of the choices is certain to work and can cause complications. An example of this would be ‘You are a patient and are too sick to speak for yourself. You are concerned about who will make medical decisions on your behalf‚ and whether your wishes will
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Class XII Question 1: Chapter 4 – Reproductive Health Biology What do you think is the significance of reproductive health in a society? Answer Reproductive health is the total well being in all aspects of reproduction. It includes physical‚ emotional‚ behavioural‚ and social well being. Sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS‚ gonorrhoea‚ etc. are transferred from one individual to another through sexual contact. It can also lead to unwanted pregnancies. Hence‚ it is necessary to create
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nation’s young people today is the use of abortion as a means of contraception. In this piece we will explore the increase/ decrease rate of abortion. Like how young women who become pregnant are highly educated about contraception but want to have babies. According to the article entitled “teenage Birthrate Rises for the First Time Since 91”. the focus is centered on how teenage birth rates are driven by rates of sex‚ contraception and abortion. Teenage sex rates dropped and condom use rose because
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planning “ is a fairly new idea ‚ because you are not letting nature/god’s work take its course naturally therefore ‚ it is not considered socially acceptable by some people. In the bible it states the pre-marital sex is a sin and the use of contraception encourages this practice. The widespread acceptance of contraceptives in the 60’s cleared the path for the sexual revolution. Since it became possible to have sex without the risk of pregnancy more and more people began to see sex as a mere physical
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to inform children about the different types of contraception and the consequences of not using protection in the social media‚ and the negative effects of the media’s portrayal of sexuality on television does not go into the same amount of detail because of topics being controversial. The positive effects that the media’s portrayal on sexuality is that they are coming up with more ways to inform our youth of the different options of contraception and the consequences of not using protection such
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New York Times [New York‚ NY]. 27 December 2003: A.17. Print. Blunt‚ Sheryl Henderson. Morning-After Headache. Christianity Today 50.11 (2006): 22-23. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. Print. Brody‚ Jane. The Politics of Emergency Contraception. New York Times [New York‚ NY]. 24 August 2004: F.7. Print. Cohn‚ Jonathan. Morning-After Sickness. New Republic 232.16/17 (2005): 6. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. Print. Davey‚ Monica and Pam Belluck. Pharmacies Balk on After-Sex
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Abstinence-plus education emphasizes the benefits of abstinence while also teaching about contraception and disease-prevention methods. Abstinence-only programs education includes discussions of values‚ character building‚ and refusal skills. They promote abstinence from sex for unmarried people and do not teach about contraception. They do not reduce pre-marital sex‚ but they do cause young people to avoid contraception. Because of the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only programs‚ abstinence-plus education
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