Harmful Effects of Drug Abuse during Pregnancy When a woman becomes pregnant‚ it is vital to her baby ’s health that she leads a healthy life. For a pregnant woman‚ substance abuse is twice as dangerous. Any drug use while pregnant has dangerous effects. First‚ drugs may harm her own health‚ which interferes with her ability to support the pregnancy. Second‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. During pregnancy‚ virtually all drugs pose a danger. Even legal substances‚ such as alcohol
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Incline of Teen Pregnancy The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western Industrialized world. An estimated 820‚000 American teenage girls become pregnant each year (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). The United States’ teen pregnancy rate doubles Canada’s‚ is four times the rate of Germany and France‚ and is eight times higher Japan’s teen pregnancy rate (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). With 34% of our nation’s teens having at least one pregnancy before they
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Background Introduction Teen pregnancy is a crisis that concerns the baby‚ parents‚ other members of the family‚ as well as resources of the community. It had been said that awareness is the first step to prevention. Teenage pregnancy is one of the biggest social issues that society faces today. We have decided to do a research about the level of awareness of the students about pregnancy for various reasons‚ for one‚ Nowadays‚ the percent of early pregnancies climbs up in an alarmingly high rate
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Introduction Teenage pregnancy is a new arena of attention and understanding for the developed nations. In terms of both the social and economic health of mothers and their children teenage pregnancy crisis cost is high. It has direct relationship with poverty and underdevelopment. The desired socio –economic development of a nation cannot be possible without the presence of a healthy and optimum population. The past two decades have witnessed a drastic catastrophe of teenage pregnancy in the world. However
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Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy Liberty University Abstract An estimated 400‚000 teen girls‚ ages 15-19 years‚ give birth each year in the US. In today’s media sexual activity and teen parenting is often glamorize‚ but the truth of the matter is the reality is harshly different. Having a child during the teen’s formative years carries the high price of emotional‚ physical‚ and financial‚ not only to the mother‚ but father‚ child‚ and community. Parents‚ educators
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Through the years‚ the situation of teenage pregnancy has grown abundantly throughout the United States. Sex education taught in the school system can help teens realize the consequences of having pre-marital sex and prevent pregnancy. The realities and effects of teen pregnancies are sometimes difficult and harsh to face for the mother‚ father‚ and child. Teenage pregnancy is one-hundred percent preventable. The smartest way to prevent teenage pregnancies is to not become sexually active until you
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Kids Having Kids: Teenage Pregnancy One of the most beautiful things in life that a person could experience is having a child. There is an unspeakable bond between the parent and the child‚ which starts as early as the time they first hear about being pregnant. This is true‚ but it is good to have everything in place when you have a child such as finding the right partner‚ having a good job‚ and stable finances. The truth is that things don’t always go according to plan‚ and there are some consequences
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intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies‚ but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. Supporters of abortion rights argue that the embryo or fetus is not a person‚ or at least that the government has no right to ban abortion unless it can prove that an embryo or fetus is a person. However‚ those who are against it think differently. Abortion is often used for those who has an unplanned pregnancy by mistake or even rape. Many
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In today’s society‚ teen pregnancy has become an issue. If you step foot into a local high school‚ it wouldn’t be shocking to see a pregnant student. In fact‚ if you asked a student if they have a friend who is expecting or has already given birth‚ the answer would most likely be a yes. It seems to be that any form of contraception isn’t a priority for young girls today. Today‚ many girls search for love and attention. These girls believe love and attention could be found by becoming pregnant. Another
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on pregnant women Being pregnant for the first time has made me aware of a phenomenon that I am convinced only a pregnant woman can truly understand. I call it “the open-season-on-pregnant-women syndrome‚” for lack of a better name. Early in my pregnancy‚ my older sister warned me that having a baby is not the private affair I had always assumed it would be. Despite millions of years of babies‚ the idea of a new life is still fascinating enough to make even strangers want to share in the excitement
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