Teen pregnancy can be attributed to low income families, single parent families, and welfare recipients. ... This whole issue of teen pregnancy stems from a lack of morals and a lack of self-esteem. ... Program participants had fewer pregnancies than students who did not participate in the program. ... From seeing first hand how teenage pregnancy can alter your life, I opt to abstain from sex. And with doing this project, it opened my eyes to see that teen pregnancy stems deeper in ones self. ...

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Introduction Across the nation, thirty percent of American teens are sexually active, thus meaning that there is a higher risk of contracting an STD and/or young adolescent pregnancy. So what is the government doing to prevent STDs and teen pregnancy? ... Virginity pledge programs increase pledge-takers risks for STIs and pregnancy. ... This shows that abstinence only is not reducing the pregnancy and STD rate in adolescents, but increasing it. ... All of the states that are in the top ten with the highest teen pregnancy rates have poor sexual education in schools. ...

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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. ... They thought that a foreign object in the uterus prevented pregnancy. ... They are also nearly one hundred percent effective in preventing pregnancy when used properly and with spermicide. ... According to studies that have been done, when used alone the effectiveness ranges from 3 to 21 pregnancies per 100 users. ... Today contraceptives are very important when engaging in sexual activities because they prevent pregnancies, and more importantly, sexually transmitte...

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"It is proven that, adolescents are prone to impulsive behaviors and risk-taking which causes eighty two percent of teenage pregnancies to be intended and sixty nine percent to be unplanned."(The Cause of High Birth Rate p.87) Pregnancy at a young age destroys the life of the baby's parents, especially the mother. ... In book written by Patricia Trouphy she stated these important consequences that come about: • Worry about pregnancy and AIDS • Regret and self-recrimination • Guilt • Loss of self-respect and self-esteem • The corruption of character a...

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When discussing the topic of sex education, abstinence is usually the first or only method discussed; some argue that the only way to avoid pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted infections or diseases, or STD's. ... Sex education can offer statistics on diseases, pregnancies, and serious untreatable viruses such as HIV, will allow these kids to see that there is more to sex than just the act itself. ... More than 750,000 girls ages 16 to 19 become pregnant, and the scary part about this statistic is that almost 80 percent of those pregnancies are unintended ("11 Facts About...

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The concept of sex education in the society is unheard of until, wherein unwanted pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases became prevalent, unknowledgeable of sex and these factors bring moral panic into society and because of these circumstances, it became imperative for parents and communities to unite and cooperate together in an effort to inform their children about sex and its possible effects if children are not properly leaning about it. ... Also, the social significance of sex education is to prevent the society from experiencing problems that can be collective in nature, such ...

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It teaches about greater faithfulness in marriage, and less worries about pregnancy and STDs. ... If a professional does the abortion properly, no risks increase for future pregnancies. ... " This would be understandable if it was decreasing the amount of teen pregnancies, but it is not. ... But at least now, with a better knowledge of how to stya protected, there are less unwanted pregnancies and births. ...

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Secondly, the point of giving condoms is to encourage safe sex from the possible consequences, like pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Finally, Limbaugh insinuates that giving out condoms will lead to a teen population rampant with pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ...

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Secondly, the point of giving condoms is to encourage safe sex from the possible consequences, like pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Finally, Limbaugh insinuates that giving out condoms will lead to a teen population rampant with pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ...

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S.T.D. stands for Sexually Transmitted Disease. STDs used to be called venereal diseases. They were named after Venus, the ancient goddess of love, however, there is nothing lovely about them. Sexually transmitted diseases have been around for a long time. There were references to gonorrhea...

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HIV transmission from mother to child can occur during pregnancy, labor, delivery of the child and most commonly, through breastfeeding. ... There are no definite side effects in the baby if the mother is exposed to a HIV medication called AZT during pregnancy. ...

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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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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also known as venereal diseases, are infectious diseases passed from one person to another during sexual contact. STDs are one of the most common infections known. There are more than 12 million people in the United States infected with STDs every ...

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As Americans we tend to have a conditioned view toward sexuality as a normal, healthy part of life. However, it seems that one may underestimate the power that sex has on culture, which is evident in the many areas. With the increase of sexual presence in our society, it is often wondered how this i...

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"( BBC NEWS) ABC news.com reports " While drinking and having sex many be unofficially authorized milestones in the typical American teen's coming of age, a new study reveals that more and more adolescents are experimenting with both, leaving themselves susceptible to pregnancy, disease, and violence." ...

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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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With teenage pregnancy rates higher than ever and the imminent threat of the contraction of STD's, such as HIV, the role of sex education in the school is of greater importance now then ever before. ...

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"Abortion and the Hospital Board" Review of the Facts: I am a member of the board for Delta-Resurrection Hospital. This hospital formed as a result of the merger of a private profit making hospital with a non-profit Catholic hospital, the new hospital is now a private non-religious entity. O...

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Introduction Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known as HIV, is an RNA virus that converts RNA to DNA, making it a retrovirus. Retroviruses use single-stranded RNA as a template to make double-stranded DNA using a viral enzyme. HIV contains a protein that is called "reverse transcriptase"...

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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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AIDS after 1985 was an astonishing deadly risk for sexually active people as a whole. The days of promiscuity and one-night stands were being re-thought due to the possible contraction of this new disease called AIDS. A fear of sex was brought upon the people and "as the AIDS threat [grew], the m...

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AIDS after 1985 was an astonishing deadly risk for sexually active people as a whole. The days of promiscuity and one-night stands were being re-thought due to the possible contraction of this new disease called AIDS. A fear of sex was brought upon the people and "as the AIDS threat [grew], the m...

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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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is melodramatic because Blume adds more issues than one teenager could possibly face; Kath deals with teenage drinking, sex, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and depression/attempted suicide. ...

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Direct exposure to blood of an infected person, sharing needles with an infected person and an HIV/AIDS-infected woman to her fetus during her pregnancy or childbirth are the top three causes of HIV/AIDS transmission. ...

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