You’re not ready to have a child if you’re still a child yourself. Teenage girls are too young to be thinking about having children because they’re not mentally or physically ready to become parents. Some teenage girls want to have children‚ but they don’t know the reasonability’s of taking care of a child. Many teenagers get pregnant for the wrong reasons. Every year 750‚000 teens get pregnant. Hispanic girls have the highest rate of being pregnant. A lot of teens get pregnant‚ but out of 750
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child‚ society still felt that was a rather low age to withhold a pregnancy. Upon my reading of Cathy Gulli’s article on teenage pregnancy‚ she opens reader’s eyes to a bigger picture upon youth sex‚ or what I call “sex for dummies.” In “Suddenly Teen Pregnancy is Cool?” she stresses her opinion that modern things in society such as celebrities‚ movies‚ home life and many other things are issues that ignite the fuel of teen pregnancy. She also put emphasis on the generation‚ age‚ as well as countries
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Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother‚ the baby‚ and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources. Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase
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Teenage pregnancy is affecting the graduation rate in high schools. All over the nation the dropout rate of students is increasing‚ of which teen pregnancy is often a factor. “Approximately 1‚000 high school students will drop out with each hour that passes in a school day in America. This means that 30 percent of the class of 2007‚ or 1.2 million students‚ were estimated to have dropped out last year” (National Women’s Law Center‚ 2007). Many factors combine to affect a pregnant or parenting teen’s
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The teenage pregnancy rate for 1997 rose all the way up to 62.7 percent‚ this was the highest it has been in years! When I first saw this fact I knew something would have to be done about it. This high pregnancy rate in teenagers is in fact a major problem‚ because teenagers are not responsible enough to raise a baby. There are many possible solutions to prevent teenage pregnancy like discouraging early dating‚ abstinence‚ and using birth control and condoms. Although there are all these possible
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Teenage pregnancy Contents CAUSE EFFECTS DISADVANTAGES PREVENTION What is teenage pregnancy? Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-19‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. Causes and of teenage pregnancy Teen pregnancies may result for different reasons in industrialized countries as compared to developing countries
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effective are government strategies in reducing teenage pregnancy in England? Aim: The aim of this research proposal is to access the effectiveness of government strategies in reducing teenage pregnancy in England. Objective 1 To explore the prevalence of teens pregnancy in England; Objective 2 To investigate the social implications of pregnancy among teenagers; Objective 3 To examine the effectiveness of government strategies in reducing teenage pregnancy in England; Key words Background Rationale
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our teenage life especially our maturity. So how can we do that and also take responsibility for another child? Teenage pregnancy is complicated by our conflicting attitudes and behaviors. Yet we are shocked at the increasing numbers of teens who are sexually active. As we all know‚ teenage pregnancy is on the rampage in St. Kitts and we are all wondering what may be the cause of it. In my presentation‚ I will first outline what is teenage pregnancy‚ depict the causes of teenage pregnancy‚ and
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN THE PHILIPPINES Introduction: “Teenage pregnancy” is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in apubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage Pregnancy is now one of the serious problems in our society. It is one
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Miller English 1101-003 22 April 2013 Comprehensive Sex Education: The Most Effective Way to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Americans are affected everyday by unplanned pregnancies. “Every year 400‚000 babies are born to girls younger than age 19” (Foreman 26). There is no arguing that the teen unplanned pregnancy rate is high and according to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy‚ the American rate is still the highest in the industrialized world. The argument comes with what approach
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