We all have our different ideas of teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is defined as unmarried women under eighteen becoming pregnant. The history of teenage pregnancy is a little complicated; it needs to be examined from its historical context showing how it affects the women and child‚ and the resulting challenges. Teenage pregnancy has been around since at least the colonial times. Yet‚ during the earlier part of history it was okay for adolescent girls to become pregnant; as long as they were
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Reality Television 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
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Mixie Samantha Hernandez Walton Brett Phelps ENG 112: Freshman Composition II May 2‚ 2014 The Struggle With Homosexuality There have been many issues regarding equal rights throughout the centuries. America has had battles for woman’s rights‚ African American rights‚ and equal rights for Latinos and Asians. Throughout time these issues were solved‚ but the movement going on now is the fight for the equal rights for the same sex unions. This fight started since the early 1970’s and is still
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teen girls experience this shock each year when they come to find that their pregnancy test is positive. In our society today teenage pregnancy isn’t just a problem but an epidemic. Unfortunately I have seen all stages of the situation unfold recently when my best friend who is almost like a sister to me found out she was having a baby. At the age of seventeen a normal teenage girl is deciding what dress to wear to prom or where they want to apply for their first job. But for my best friend Anna the
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First Draft – How can Teenage Pregnancy be Prevented? Most adolescent women have no intention of becoming pregnant. Within the past ten years‚ pregnancy rates among teenager’s have skyrocketed and a solution to this problem has still yet to be found. “School sex and relationships education has very little impact on teenage pregnancy rates‚ according to new research.” (Bloom‚ 2012) The increase of pregnancy has become an issue that has concerned American’s for the past twenty years. But the real
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“Quiet Courage” One of the toughest and most heartbreaking experiences for a teenage girl is being faced with a positive test result and not knowing who to turn to‚ or how she will support her unborn child. There are many teenagers all over the United States facing untimely pregnancies. Statistics on teenage pregnancy show that this is a common problem in society. “One in ten women between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are faced with pregnancy” (Birthright). Since most people do not see it in their everyday lives
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Causes of Teenage Suicide Growing up can certainly be a difficult time in one’s life. Things are changing physically‚ mentally and emotionally. It’s a time when you are still trying to find yourself‚ plus you have the obligation to try and meet the standards set by your peers‚ teachers‚ and parents. For these reasons teen suicide is a serious epidemic. According to the National Institute for Mental Health suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens in the United States. One major
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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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out of every 1000 children were born to teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Having a baby as a teenager changes everything for the rest of your life. Facing parenthood as a teen not only affects you but everyone around you. It is important to understand the all the things that come with having a baby which can be a struggle for people who are happily married with a job let alone a teenager in high school or college. There are numerous struggles and impacts of teen parenting. Teens get
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2015 Period.3 Not enough effort is put into reducing teen pregnancy rates‚ and one reason for this is that teenage pregnancy rates in the US have generally declined since the 1950’s. But that isn’t good enough‚ because despite the decline‚ the US still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged as it has an effect on the teenage mother and the baby that is born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚ medical
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