The nurse brought me a gown and I changed and settled into the bed in the labor and delivery room. ... She also hooked me up to the fetal monitor that kept track of my contractions and the baby's heartbeat. ... I had my water broke and the doctor let me have an epidural. ... The baby's heart rate was fluctuating up and down and the oxygen was supposed to help. ... At that point the baby's heart rate would drop really low during the contractions. ...

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Teen birth rates, however, have increased over the years. In fact, Mississippi's teen birth rate was sixty percent higher than the national average. ... " My parents sat me down in my high school years, to tell me to "save myself for the married years.... " Then when all the screams directed at me were over, I came to a realization when I saw the tears roll down my mother's cheek. ... Teen pregnancy rates have dropped in recent years. ...

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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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The US abortion rate is similar to those of Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden but higher than those of other Western European countries (CDC). In 2008, the abortion rates in US was higher than recent rates reported for Canada and Western European countries and lower than rates reported for China, Cuba, the majority of Eastern European countries (CDC). ... For me, even the thought of abortion makes me feel sick. ... Whenever I thought of abortion I always knew it would never be an option for me. ...

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Moreover, people feared that birth control would reduce the rate of fertility in America. ... Therefore, the subject of the approval of birth control pills is of great importance to me as it frees the minds of women who use it. ... Using this birth control technique has helped me avoid making such crucial decisions concerning a child's life. ... This guarantees superior school completion rates which have the effect of ensuring the employment and self-reliance of the youth (Tone, 2002). ... The rate of abortions in the world has also gone low as people are now able to determine when to giv...

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But nowadays, the rate has declined compared with the year of 2013 and back in 1991. ... Even though the teenage pregnancy's rate has declined, the rate is still at the alarming point which means it's still high and it should be reduced. ... And my last main point is ways that we can help reduce the rate and help teens protect themselves from unintended pregnancies. ... The Rates of teenage pregnancy has declined, however it's still high. ... I strongly believe it should and I hope u also agree with me....

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Now it is hard for me to sit here and type this paper when I know good and well that if my daughter or wife were ever raped I would want whatever was inside of them out -- immediately. ... Sure we could keep down the increase in our population at this rate, but where would we be emotionally? ... Both complications and the death rate rise with the age of the fetus. ... My English professor gave me this assignment, to investigate a subject of interest that we know little about but have wanted to learn more about and then present it, but I kind of cheated on it. ...

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Some children during recess time would come to me, especially girls, just to talk with me over some of their happiest moments and sometimes even tell me what they dislike in school or with their parents. ... There is a social issue in which is very important to me is teenage pregnancy. ... Teenage girls getting pregnant to some nations it is just a contemporary social issue, but to me it is a very big issue. ... Abortion to me is an act of selfishness and immaturity because you are basically murdering a human being and that you are not taking responsibility when you have caused a problem. ... ...

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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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Nic stood by me and held my hand until the doctor quoted a due date that would have made me four weeks farther along than I actually was. ... Nic helped me move into my new house right before moving in himself. ... I heard my doctor yell, " Can someone fucking help me here! ... I used to pretend he was looking for me. ... At this rate, I knew he would never get to come home. ...

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If the births continue to grow with this rate, world population will reach 14 billion by the end of the next century (Today this number is 5.3 billion). ... Although in Turkey this problem is not very common, U.S. has twice teen pregnancy rate of other industrialized countries. ... This reminded me of the excellent mother hen; if Helen had started 'clucking' I would not have been surprised. ...

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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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Later in the essay Will states; "Two supposed signs of the "crisis" are America's high rate of infant mortality and low rate of immunization of preschool children. ... We know that the number of people living on our planet is growing at a soaring rate and that within a relatively short time we can expect it to total in the tens of billions.. ... In short, it appears to me that it would be better to start from the head rather than the tail. ...

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One of these pressing issues of today is the rate of teenage pregnancy. ... What I mean by this is, not being knowledgeable about the importance of using contraception and believing in false myths such as "it won't happen to you" or "if he pulls out, I won't get pregnant" is a crucial factor of the teen pregnancy rate here in America. ... Out of all these reasons, one that struck me the most was the fact that some adolescence say sex feels better without it, so they choose not to take proper precautions. ... Teenage pregnancies are associated with increased rates...

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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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Abortion has been an issue that has bothered me, ever since I moved to Texas. ... Although my stance on abortion makes me dislike the method, many women around the world don't have resources to raise a baby. ... In this source, an image of a bar graph shows the rate for women who obtained a legal abortion. Teenagers marked the highest amount of feticide, even more shocking was ages 15 and lower marked the highest abortion rate. While ages 15-19 also had a higher rate. ...

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What are government really needs to set the laws is someone like me. ... George Bush is doing many new things today to slow down abortion rates in America and if he has his way there would be a lot more. ...

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The United States has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies than any other country. Statistics show that unmarried teenage girls fifteen to nineteen years of age in the 1950's had an estimated number of rate of 56,000 births. ... If I were a parent of a pregnant teen I would want to have my daughter discuss her pregnancy with me, and allow me to assist in her decision. ...

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The United States has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies than any other country. Statistics show that unmarried teenage girls fifteen to nineteen years of age in the 1950's had an estimated number of rate of 56,000 births. ... If I were a parent of a pregnant teen I would want to have my daughter discuss her pregnancy with me, and allow me to assist in her decision. ...

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It just seems odd to me that mothers are able to inflict pain on someone that is inside of them, that they created, while there are so many other alternatives to the situation. ... Also, the suicide rate after abortion is three times the general suicide rate, and six times that associated with a normal birth. ...

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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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Determining a "personal platform," if you will, is quite difficult to do, so essentially the only thing that I have determined is that it is not necessary for me to have to choose. ... I believe that if we continue to ignore the fact that we are running out of resources for the population growth, the economy will decline at the same rate of as our over population. ... If we continue at this rate, in another forty years the population 12 billion people. ...

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In the mid-1960s, the estimated death rate for abortions performed in hospitals was 3 deaths per 100,000 abortions; the rate for illegal abortions was guessed to be over eight times higher than that -- 30 deaths per 100,000 abortions was a rough estimate and almost certainly conservative. ... I think that here, a person committed to utilitarian ethical theory would agree with me because according to my conclusion it would produce more amount of good for the greater number of people -- by doing abortions legally, more women could afford it and less of them would die. ...

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There is no direct teaching that says 'You shall/shall not allow a woman to have an abortion' despite the fact that abortions did happen in biblical times (there was a high infant mortality rate). ... In the Psalms David wrote: 'For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. ... All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be' (Psalm 139:13-16 NIV) The Prophet Jeremiah spoke similar words: 'The Word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you' (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV...

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If I do it, will God forgive me? ... How am I going to tell my family, will my family be able to forgive me if I do it? ... What if I keep the baby what will happen to me? ... The aging of baby boom generation and increased use of birth control appear to have contributed to a leveling off of the abortion rate and a downward trend in the ratio of abortions to live births. ...

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