The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy The question has often been raised: At what age should people begin to have children? It is a subject often debated amongst doctors‚ psychologists‚ social workers‚ and ordinary citizens‚ respectively. Some argue that it does not matter what age a person is‚ as long as he or she is mature‚ while others say that maturity comes with age‚ and a teenager is never equipped for the responsibility that comes with childbearing. Despite efforts to discourage teenagers from
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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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The Causes of Teenage Pregnancy and the Effects on the Community There are many different causes of teenage pregnancy. Every teenage girl is brought up under different family and personal conditions‚ therefore presenting many different causes of teenage pregnancy. These causes can range from internal factors to external factors. Some of these causes include drugs and alcohol‚ sexual abuse and child maltreatment‚ and technology dangers. All of these contribute to teenage pregnancy. Another cause
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most number of teenage pregnancy cases‚ it is also alarming to know that the Philippines‚ among the ASEAN sectors‚ is the only nation wherein the rate is increasing. Adolescents make up twenty one percent of the total population of the Philippines‚ and about ten percent of the girls who are aged fifteen to nineteen have already gotten pregnant. These numbers are striking for a country that is dubbed as conservative‚ but these are the facts and it must be faced. Teenage pregnancy is a serious crisis
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Alyssa Gonzalez Prof. Carter ENC 9020 11-3-09 Teenage Pregnancy Everyday we see or hear about a teenage girl pregnant. When were teenagers we don’t realize the long term effect on unprotected sex. Not only getting pregnant but picking up sexual transmitted diseases. There are many effects on teenage pregnancy emotional and physical. Teenage pregnancy is the number one problem in the United States on why kids drop out of school. Right now kids are having sex at a very young age and
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UNFPA Project review tackles teenage pregnancy in Ifugao by Vency D. Bulayungan PIA Press Release Wednesday‚ November 30‚ 2011 BAGUIO City‚ Nov. 30(PIA-Philippime Information Agency)-- The issue on increasing teenage pregnancy in the province of Ifugao cropped up as a major concern of implementing government and non-government agencies during the start of the three-day UNFPA’s (United Nation Population Fund) 6th Country Programme of Assistance Project Implementation Review here. Miriam Baguidudol
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America is one of the leading industrialized countries in the world; America’s teens still have the most pregnancies‚ births‚ and abortions in the world. As the nation steps into the 21st century‚ “ The rise of ‘sexting’ and ‘hook up’ culture among teens” (Clemmitt‚ Marcia) promotes high levels of sexual activity within middle schools and high schools. Also mass amounts of sexual content are found in teen’s favorable music‚ online videos‚ and movies‚ which casually promotes sexual activity. “ A third
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Teen pregnancy prevention – How can I prevent pregnancy? There are many ways to prevent teenage pregnancies. Popular solutions include discussions of “safe sex” practices. In addition to condoms‚ doctors can prescribe birth control pills that regulate the fertility of a woman’s eggs‚ or advise the use of other pregnancy prevention tools‚ like intra-uterine devices or spermicides. These options are not 100% effective. There is even the option of abortion‚ which terminates the pregnancy at the
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Introduction Teenage pregnancies have become a topic of discussion within most households of today’s society. Recent television shows such as Teen Mom and The Secret Life of an American Teenager has introduced a topic in a major way. Within the past twenty years‚ the amount of teenage pregnancy has increased by 10 percent (Brown). According to the Medical dictionary teen pregnancy is defined as “Pregnancy by a female‚ age 13 to 19‚ which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her
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Teen pregnancies in the Philippines By Rebecca B. Singson Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:55:00 06/14/2008 Filed Under: Health‚ Lifestyle & Leisure‚ Gender Issues (First in a series) MANILA‚ Philippines?The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the Internet‚ magazines‚ TV shows‚ movies and other media than decades ago‚
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