then puts teenage women at the risk of becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancies have constantly been a problem in the United States. Not only does teen pregnancies affect the mother and the child‚ they also affect the American society as a whole. Nonetheless‚ the high rates of teen pregnancies can be decreased. The use of contraceptives such as birth control and/or condoms are both solutions to help reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. Having the parents sit down and talk about sex education can
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Teen Pregnancy vs. Adult Pregnancy Adolescent years are the most important years of your life. To have a baby during adolescence is a very difficult thing. Pregnancy can change a life. Waiting to get pregnant until adulthood is a good idea. Once you get pregnant at a young age‚ you are faced with many difficult situations. A pregnant teen may encounter many problems‚ such as loss of freedom‚ financial problems‚ schooling and career issues. Practicing abstinence‚ having safe sex and putting
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activities for a try. One of the consequences they have to bear is pregnancy due to a lack of birth control methods. Teenage sex has become a serious problem‚ even though sex actually has consequences‚ both emotionally and physically. Unfortunately‚ most teenagers often do not think about sex seriously. As a matter of fact‚ teen pregnancy has recently increased in the United States because of early puberty‚ lack of the parents ’ care‚ and impact of drugs‚ sex movies and internet. Early puberty is often
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hardships in life. Being sexually active and using contraception as a teenager is a choice that may determine the rest of your life. Is “it” really worth it? One major outcome of those sexually active is pregnancy‚ which leads to many other choices: adoption‚ abortion‚ or keeping the child. Pregnancy all begins with talk of sexual activity. According to Ilene Lelchuk‚ out of 618 California high school students‚ 44 are engaged in some type of sexual activity during the years of 2002 – 2004. These 44
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English 1102 30 June 2013 Teen Pregnancy: Educating the Future Parents of Our Society In 2012 in the United States‚ the rate of teen pregnancy is at its lowest level in nearly forty years. However‚ teen pregnancy still remains the highest among the developed countries in the world (Weiss 1). Most teenage girls are getting pregnant at a rapid rate. Pregnancies can occur because of the misusage of condoms‚ unawareness of birth control‚ or intentionally. Some pregnancies are unintentional and unplanned
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Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy Media‚ specifically television has taken the issue of teen pregnancy to a whole other level. The shows 16 and Pregnant‚ Teen Mom‚ and The Secret Life of the American Teenager document the lives of young teenage girls facing the issue of being a pregnant teenager. Originally created to show the controversial subject of teen pregnancy‚ all of these shows soon began to change. As the seasons continued in all three of these shows‚ the controversial subject of teen pregnancy soon
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SAT’s to picking a college‚ life can seem overwhelming. One of the most important things to them‚ however‚ may possibly relationships and sexual ones at that. The purpose of our survey was to find out just how much teenagers really know about teen pregnancy and awareness. The questions we asked we really geared towards gauging their knowledge on the topic to see how much education they had received in the past. Another purpose‚ I feel‚ was to find out what changes could be made in sex education
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According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy there has been a decline in teen pregnancy since the 1990’s. Despite the decline in teen pregnancy the rates in the U.S. are still too high. Thirty percent of the teenage girls get pregnant at least once before they reach age 20 (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy‚ 2006). Instead of becoming comfortable with knowing the teen pregnancy rate is declining‚ prevention programs need to continue as well as change with the
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Consequences of teen pregnancy to mother‚ infant‚ and community 1 Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and to the community Terra Allen HCA 402 Professor Patricia Pierce Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and community 2 Teen pregnancy has negative effects on teens‚ and the infant including low birth rate‚ poor nutrition‚ and infant mortality. Valanis stated
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Teen Pregnancy Shows and Their Effect on Teens It is a joke to think that teenagers today have the mentality that they could be famous if they were to get pregnant. That is according to gossip magazines of course‚ but could there be truth to this statement? MTV has made it a popularity contest by showing shows like “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom”. MTV should know better‚ considering their primary audience is teens. MTV sells the TV show as a “cautionary tale” to discourage teens from getting
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