The pregnancy rates for teens and pre-teens have caused the abortion rate to increase as well as the adoptions. ... The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. ... The disease is growing at a rate of one case every 14 minutes. ... These statistics affects me significantly because I am 15 years old and I could be part of one of these statistics. ... Now I have to be extra cautious of the individuals around me. ...

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Prevalence rates exceed 20 percent in several countries in southern Africa, and experts fear rates will rise in West Africa"(Nicole Cheetham 3). ... This is because of drug injections and because homosexuality is of a very high rate in these parts of these countries; when men have sex with other men, the disease is much easier to contract. ... While researching this paper, I came across a source that led me into a lot of interesting data that regarded some Sexually Transmitted Infections that are sweeping across so many different countries. ... Rates of incidence per 100,000 were calculated fo...

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The only section that really freaked me out was the suburbs in Long Island where the groups of seventh and eighth graders rented limousines and had oral sex in corners of clubs. ... As stated in the article, these reasons could be from the rising of divorce rates, availability of condoms and earlier onset of puberty. ... The articles accuracy, to me, is right on and totally believable. ... The only shady part to me is when the psychologist says that they aren't ready, which is more than likely correct, but who are they to say how one should feel. ... To me, it's already too late ...

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Sexual behavior among teens has been studied for the past decades and studies have shown that there is a rapidly increasing rate of sexual intercourse among young people. ... To me both options most be imposed to reduce the increase rate of venereal diseases, abortion, neglected children, and sadly enough, even death Some parents and educators feel that allowing condoms to be distributed out in schools is simply encouraging teenagers to have sex. ... It will increase the rate of actually sexual intercourse but at the same time it lets students know that the community cares about their health ...

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This is a problem that society is trying is to fix but it is not working because rates are continuing to go up. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate p.87) Pregnancy at a young age destroys the life of the baby's parents, especially the mother. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate" p.88) Many teenagers engage in the sex for all the wrong reasons. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate p.89) Many teenagers don't even consider using contercepatives so they do get pregnant. ... But every teenage has it in their head that "It won't happen to me" But it will if they are not pregnant. ...

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This is a very interesting, and sensitive topic for me because I am a rape victim and I believe society and the idea of rape culture have a lot to do with the increasing rape cases throughout the years. ... Increased divorce rates and recessions lead people to become violent. ... This is the reason why there is such low conviction rate of rapists. ...

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It shocks me that there are unplanned pregnancies at all in this age of advanced birth control technologies not to mention abstinence. ... There have been a lot of studies released in recent years talking about how the fact that when a couple lives together before marriage their marital success rate drops significantly. ... This perspective is coming from someone who can't imagine having sex with someone that I don't like so bear with me. ... Marriage to me means so much more than a piece of paper. ...

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It's bad enough to me if same-sex marriages were to be legalized, but some children these days are being raised by homosexual parents. ... People might state that the divorce rate is high enough so what would be the harm of allowing same-sex marriages. I don't see how this would bring the divorce rate down. Just because they are the same sex, does not mean that the divorce rate will remain steady or drop. ...

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That movie is rated R, but little kids were in there with their parents. ... Despite a 20-year low in the teen pregnancy rate and an impressive decline in the teen birth rate, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialized country (Casey Foundation, 1996). ... The rates keep dropping and are showing no signs of increase, yet. ... That 14 percent drop brought the rate to its lowest level since 1975 (Casey Foundation, 1996). ... As a result of all these teenagers looking for jobs, the unemployment rates have gone down, and the employment rates have risen. ...

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Children are born into this world totally depended on their parents for their survival. Parents are expected to provide unlimited care, protection, and emotional support to their children. Although there are numerous awards naturally in parenting; a child can never be expected to fulfill their paren...

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Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. ... For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. ... Now would someone tell me what is so difficult about sharing this knowledge and experience with kids?" ... For example, one of the highest rated programs viewed by teens is The Real World, a show in which seven strangers are forced to live together in a house and are constantly taped by cameras. ...

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Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. ... For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. ... Now would someone tell me what is so difficult about sharing this knowledge and experience with kids?" ... For example, one of the highest rated programs viewed by teens is The Real World, a show in which seven strangers are forced to live together in a house and are constantly taped by cameras. ...

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Although the rate of teen pregnancy in the U.S has been declining, it remains the highest in the developed world. ... For some examples they should have more sex education at schools because teens or me are still lacking information on this topic. ... Their teen birth rates are lower and the starting sex is a lot lower than the U.S (RTP1). ...

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My personal experience with these types of programs lead me to believe Haffner is more aware of what young adults need to learn from a sex-ed course. ... Knowing about the difficulties associated with the rising rate of teenage mothers and fathers, many people are searching for new and improved ways to stop unplanned pregnancies from happening. ... The sooner we have a good program, the less problems the U.S. will have pertaining to youth pregnancy and the STD rate. ...

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This resulted in me having unprotected sex, and thus becoming pregnant. ... This also placed me in a group setting with other teenage parents that I could relate to. ... The second great feature of this program was that I had someone to talk to that was not going to look down upon me for being a young mother. ... He states that education that promotes abstinence only does not lower the rate at which teen pregnancy evolves. ...

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Nevertheless, my loyalty to the team and to my favorite player does not compel me discredit the victim in this case and proclaim Kobe's innocence. ... Sexual assault is already one of the most underreported crimes in the country because of its low conviction rate as well as the shame associated with being dominated and violated by another human being. ...

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Limbaugh ends his passage by stating that "The worst part of all this is the lie that condoms really protect against AIDS", when the condom failure rate is 20 percent. ... She also gives examples of the "let me see if you are on the list" scenario which means when a child asks for a condom, the nurse must see if their parents have made it permissible. ...

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A former secretary of education observed, "I have never had a parent tell me that he or she would be offended by a teacher telling a class that it is better to postpone se or that marriage is the best setting for sex, and in which to have and raise children. ... Divorce rates leaped in the 1970's, absent or self-involved parents and child-rearing practices were blamed for creating misbehaving, out-of-control kids; the family was believed to be in big trouble. ... Barely out of their own childhood, teenagers are producing babies at ever-growing rates. ...

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In a study done in Colorado Springs, it was discovered that "[The] death rate among active prostitutes [is] 459 per 100,000, which is 5.9 times that for the general population. This corresponds to an occupational fatality rate more than triple that of fishing workers." ... Another close person to me has her parents awaiting trial for murder because she was a prostitute in Los Angeles. ...

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Because they are young, inexperienced, their poor self image, and need for attention, they become vulnerable to adult male predators at rates that follow the notion that most teenage sex results in adolescent pregnancy. ... Among the 15-17 year olds the rate climbed 23 percent from 1985 to 1994, from 31 per thousand to 38 percent. ...

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Health and living is a lot more important to me than sex. ... What makes me mad is that the people who have it still don't practice safe sex because they take "the cocktail" which helps prolong the process doesn't cure it. ... I do believe that if it were legal that rape and sexual abuse rates would go down. ...

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According to UGA Today, "States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than states with more comprehensive sex education programs, researchers from the University of Georgia have determined." ... Studies have proven time and time again that comprehensive sexual education does not increase the rates of sexual initiations and it doesn't lower the age at which youth's initiate sex either. ... I was to keep this card in my purse or wallet at all times to remind me of my promise to God. ...

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Menees depicts a young girl on one end of the chat room saying, "Im 22, and like clothes, photography, honesty, great cinema" and an older man on the other end responding with, "Hey, me too ;-)." ... And, with the creation of more chat rooms like KidFu, parents can count on the fact that their children will only be participating in G-rated conversations. ...

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The typical R-rated, 90 minute film include between fourteen and twenty-one sex acts and unlike television most acts are visually portrayed. ... A version of Shaggy's hit "It Wasn't Me" talks about a man getting caught cheating "butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor." ...

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Rape is an extremely violent act that is very prevalent in American society. Somewhere in America, a woman is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes. In 1996, 307,000 women were the victim of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault, and between 1995 and 1996, more than 670,000 women were the victim of ...

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