Women prisons have less population than male prisons. Two out of every three women in prison have children. One out of three are pregnant when being incarcerated. There are many debates between the citizens and the community that pregnant women should not be incarcerated. If the women commit the crime‚ they should to their time. But I also believe in people changing and learning from their mistakes‚ with the jail programs and rehabilitation to learn from their mistakes and not go to prison in their
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poverty‚ homelessness‚ unemployment‚ and stressful life events. The youth emulate the behaviour of their parents and of their society‚ thus social and cultural factors influence patterns of risk taking. The factors that predispose girls to falling pregnant in their adolescent includes; personal‚ family and social factors. The existing theory that gives a psychological explanation for the occurrence of pregnancy among adolescents is the Emotional Deprivation Theory (Coley & Chase-Lansdale‚ 1998). Individual
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Section 1: What I know‚ Assume‚ or Imagine I became interested in Teen Pregnancy because there are a lot of things I really want to know and throughout the years‚ our population of teens getting pregnant has increased. What I know about my topic is that teens now a days are getting into serious types of relationships such as being sexually active with their partner. Many guys also force some girls to have sex with them or try to manipulate with their form of sweet talking. That’s how it all starts
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There is no get-out-of-this-situation free card. Pregnancy triggers a range of emotions that can be overwhelming and unpredictable and there is little time to dawdle about with a plan of action. Once pregnant‚ there isn’t a world of options‚ only two: abortion or childbirth. Of course‚ within the option of childbirth there are a number of choices from raising a child oneself‚ or putting him or her into a temporary foster family‚ to the consideration of
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Men cannot get pregnant‚ and that is a fact‚ but that is where the issue becomes even more apparent. Many women have reported that they’ve been rejected for promotions‚ their pay has been cut‚ and even fired after announcing that they are pregnant. I am not arguing that women shouldn’t get pregnant‚ or that the male coworkers have anything to do with this discrimination. What I am arguing is that the work
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October 28‚ 2012 The reality TV series 16 and pregnant and Teen Mom are two great examples showing the everyday struggles of teenage pregnancy and a day in the life of a teenage mother. By no means do these two shows glorify teen pregnancy. Teens seem to think that they are inevitable and nothing will happen to them. All it takes is one time to have sexual intercourse to become pregnant. While being wrapped up in the excitement‚ lust‚ adrenaline‚ rush and at times
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overall opinion about this talk is a positive one. I think that after watching this video I have a better understanding of the risks and consequences of having sex before marriage. I understand there are more serious consequences than just getting pregnant from having sex. There are more serious things like catching and STD. I think that everyone should wait until marriage before they have sex. The risks and consequences of having sex are way too serious and not worth taking the chance for. Sex before
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I never thought that I would get pregnant the first time because we were safe‚ and I was on birth control. Fortunately‚ I didn ’t. As the months went on we would risk not using protection and I was still not getting pregnant. Stupidly‚ I thought well maybe I just can not get pregnant since it has not happened to me yet. After about a year of dating‚ I missed my birth control for a week. About eight weeks after
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mothers lives change drastically. Teenage mothers are less likely to attend college or even get their high-school diplomas since they are so busy with‚ or preparing for the baby. Teenage mothers daughters are twenty-two percent more likely to become pregnant in their teen years. Teens don’t feel mature enough to have a baby at such a young age. When they have a baby‚ they have no free-time‚ they have to change diapers every two hours‚ and get up constantly during the night. They miss out on childhood;
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This may not seem important but this genealogy shows how Jesus is connected to the Davidic line. Then we have Mary‚ who just found out she was pregnant and Joseph decides it is best to divorce her because he wanted to break his union with someone who is pregnant‚ by someone else. But behold the angel comes down and reassures Joseph that Mary was pregnant by the Holy Spirit and that he should take her back into his house. The angel also said to name the child Emmanuel. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem
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