Males, author of The Scapegoat Generations, he cites a depressed wartime birthrate, the postwar baby boom, the sexual revolution based in part on the widespread use of the birth control pill and the legalization of abortion and the increase in divorce and unwed births, and the steady decrease in the age of puberty. ... Six out of seven of America's teenage mothers were poor before they gave birth. ... First births to unwed mothers ranging in ages 15-17 have risen from thirty-three percent of total births in this age group in the 1960s, to eighty-one percent in the 1990s. ... In the age g...

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Contraception is a form of birth control that can be used to prevent pregnancy, and diseases such as HIV, and STD's. ... The female condom, which is a more recent type of birth control that is sold in the United States under the name Reality. ... This is the only other birth control method besides the male condom that offers STD and HIV protection. ... "The Pill" is also another commonly used form of birth control. ... Depo-Provera is another treatment for birth control. ...

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(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. In a study preformed it showed that among "the first time teenage parents on welfare, over one-fourth had never used birth control prior to having the first child". (The Cause Of High Birth Rate p88) there are many forms of birth contro...

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The number of women infected with HIV giving birth increased by 30% from 2000 to 2006. ... There is a negative correlation between the number of women infected with HIV giving birth, and number of perinatal infections. As the number of HIV infected women giving birth increases, the number of perinatal infection decreases.  ... The AZT does not show increased birth defects of problems with development. Another drug, the protease inhibitor might cause premature birth and a higher risk of having a baby with low birth rate. ...

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From barrier methods, such as contraceptive sponges, a diaphragm, and a female or male condom, to hormonal methods such the patch, injection, or the pill, and lastly implantable devices which are surgically inserted to avoid pregnancy ("Birth Control Methods" 1-5). ... Topics, including birth control, safer, sex, and the matter of sexual orientation. ...

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Some STDs are passed from a mother to her child before birth. The disease enters the baby's bloodstream during childbirth as the baby passes through the birth canal, or after birth if the mother nurses the baby and her breast milk is infected. ... One hundred times more contagious than HIV, hepatitis B is spread sexually and during childbirth: Between 90 and 95 percent of all babies born to infected mothers will contract the disease during birth. ...

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Thalidomide: Caused about 10,000 birth defects worldwide Clioquinol: Caused 30,000 cases of blindness and/or paralysis and thousands of deaths Conversely, many drugs that are beneficial to humans are dangerous or even fatal to animals: Penicillin: An antibiotic to humans, but kill's guinea pigs. Aspirin: Caused birth defects in rats, mice, monkeys, guinea pigs, cats and dogs, but not humans. ... Thalidomide: Caused about 10,000 birth defects worldwide Clioquinol: Caused 30,000 cases of blindness and/or paralysis and thousands of deaths Conversely, many drugs that are beneficial to humans ...

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Although birth rates have declined slightly, mortality rates in underdeveloped nations are on the increase. ... Although birth rates have declined slightly, mortality rates in underdeveloped nations are on the increase. ... Although birth rates have declined slightly, mortality rates in underdeveloped nations are on the increase. ...

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HIV can also be transmitted from an HIV infected mother to newborn, through child birth and breast milk. ... HIV can be transmitted directly by sexual contact with infected person, infected breast milk, and from infected mother to newborn during child birth. ...

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Another way to transmit an STI is mother to infant at birth or during breast feeding (Mayo, "Risk"). ... It's vital to wear a condom when having any kind of sex because they are one of the only birth control methods which prevents transmission of STIs. ... Henrietta explains that for some reason the sex hurts: When sex first started hurting, she thought it had something to do with baby Deborah, who she'd just given birth to a few weeks earlier, or the bad blood David sometimes brought home after nights with other women – the kind doctors treated with shots of penicil...

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Infants infected with gonorrhea during birth can sustain serious eye infection and blindness. Newborns are routinely treated with antibiotic eye ointment at birth to prevent such infections. ... There is an increased incidence of miscarriage and premature birth. ...

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Sexual/cultural pioneer, Sigmund Freud believed that sexuality was tightly woven in all persons, present from birth. ... By the 1980's, nearly a million mothers under 18 were giving birth every year. ...

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Abstinence-only education can have great benefits for children. By teaching them that there is only one option to live by, many people believe that that is the path they will follow. The curriculum teaches that abstinence helps you have more self-respect and respect for your partner. It teaches abou...

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Numbers of children infected by this route have steadily decreased in industrialized countries due to the administration of anti-retroviral drug therapy to the mother before and during birth and to the infant following birth (Ledergerber B, et al. 1999). ...

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Mandatory HIV Testing There is a growing need for government mandated HIV testing. The issues of mandatory HIV testing are broad and numerous. It would be difficult to address each issue associated with governmental and company policies that issue mandated HIV testing. However, the basic righ...

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Due to this fact condoms became a form of not only birth control but also disease control. ... Prior to 1987 and the increased regulation of the condom manufacturers, the FDA only certified the condom for birth control and bacterially sexually transmitted disease (Willis 33). ...

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Due to this fact condoms became a form of not only birth control but also disease control. ... Prior to 1987 and the increased regulation of the condom manufacturers, the FDA only certified the condom for birth control and bacterially sexually transmitted disease (Willis 33). ...

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They now generally are well informed about the human body and understand that their mother gives birth to children. ... This will enable you to know when to take your daughter in for checkups or possibly birth control, and knowing when you need to encourage your teenage son to use condoms and other forms of protection to avoid unwanted pregnancies and diseases. ...

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Judy Blume's Forever . . . : "Good" Realistic Fiction? Forever . . . by Judy Blume is one of the most challenged books ever written for teenagers. Originally published in 1975, Forever . . . has remained popular with teenagers and unpopular with critics. The complex issues facing the teenage c...

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Furthermore, contact with infected blood from mother to their baby during giving birth or breastfeeding will lead to the transmission of HIV but this risk is smaller to the babies if the mother receives treatment for HIV infection during pregnancy. ...

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Non-government organizations attempt to create an environment for the children that increase their education, both of "book- knowledge, such as reading and writing, and "world- knowledge, such as birth control, AIDS prevention. ...

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One way sex education can be taught is by providing a sex education class in a high school system, thus allowing a setting where the students are well informed about the causes and effects of participating in intercourse, information about HIV, aids and STDs, and understanding the whole process of pregnancy and the after-birth. ...

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Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention on College Campuses Sarah Barsi College campuses are a breeding ground for sexually transmitted diseases. Students are free to do what they want and make their own decisions; for the first time in many students" lives, parents are not behind the stude...

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STD Today, teens like myself are facing a problem. We are getting older and are getting into closer relations with the opposite sex. When the relationship grows, they like to share something with each other. When they share it is often sex or physical contact of some kind. Wit...

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The HIV Epidemic The HIV virus, which causes AIDS, was first recognized as a new and distinct clinical entity in 1981. Since then it has become a universal epidemic concerning all of mankind.(3) This epidemic is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, also known as HIV. HIV belongs to the re...

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