These shows portray an image that having sex makes you fit in. ... Teens need to know the facts about sex, where to get contraceptives, what contraceptives to buy, and how to use the contraceptives. ... One more problem among sexually active teens is the cause of sexually transmitted diseases, STD. ... This only puts the teens where they are now, in such risk of unsafe sex, teen pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. ... Such as; unsafe sex, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. ...

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What do you do? ... No matter how you look at it, the baby that you made the choice to have and kill had no way to say how it felt and what it wanted your decision to be. ... Imagine all of the "What if's?" What if I had kept my child? ... There is actually a disease call Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS) that is very common in women that have had abortions. ...

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What could I have become? ... I personally feel that if you don't want to have sex then you won't. ... I feel that sexual abstinence is the best way to go about until you feel that you have found that special person to share such a tender thing with. ... What is the point? ... Not to mention a decrease in the number of teen sexually transmitted diseases. ...

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All schools should provide sex education to teach children to understand what sex truly means. ... If a condom is not used correctly then there is a possibility that you will become pregnant. ... You insert the diaphragm into the vagina and it covers the cervix. ... They need to be taught properly about their body parts and what they are called. Both genders need to know what each other's bodies are capable of. ...

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But, something teens fail to realize is that once you become sexually active you can never take it back. If that very first time you become pregnant or receive a STD, you can't go back and redo your mistake. ... You must have yourself and your partner tested for any diseases, and the most important, use protection, birth control, and condoms. ... Diseases can still be transmitted and condoms will break. ... They need to send the message and tell youth what they are in store for. ...

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Some of the other things that arsenic in the water causes are cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. ... According to the Iowa Department of Public Health you there are some tests to tell if you have been exposed to arsenic at a high level. ... To get them tested you can contact the local health department and they will be able to help you get your well tested. ... If you have a well and it is contaminated you will have to seek a home treatment, which can be costly and requires regular maintenance to be effective.... We finally realized what the probl...

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In order to get the pill or shot, you must go to a doctor or a teen center such as Planned Parenthood. ... The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a study on teen pregnancy and found that nearly one million teens become pregnant each year! ... As well, schools should also be encouraged to not be afraid to teach about protection options against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... This was not about saying, "here go have sex", it was more "I know your active so lets make sure you are protected". ... More so, is that fact that so many parents out there refuse t...

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Because they don't experience the stress of worrying about unwanted pregnancies, or Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs) that could kill or cripple them or their children. ... There are a number of infectious diseases that are transmitteed primarily by sexual activity, including genital warts, herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, and syphilis. ... Acknowledge responsibility for your body and what you do with it. ... Only date people who share and respect your views, you need them to work with you, not against you. 4). ... Just because you think you'll marry them now doesn't mean...

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Feinberg stated another restriction that a defective or diseased fetus has a right not to be born. ... (Virginia Held, Page 286) "Why should you have a child?" or "Why should you refrain from having a child?" ... When you are pregnant, you are not only responsible for the life or death of that baby, but you are also responsible for that baby's life (are you be able to provide a perfect environment, and able to afford the costs for raise a child?) after you gave his/her birth. ...

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As well as preventing pregnancy, it helps protect your self from contracting a sexually transmitted disease. ... They will be able to enjoy what they are doing and not have to worry about babies or STD's. ... Another major reason is the misconception that you ca not get pregnant on your period or that its not your fertile period and feeling that it is safe "just this one time." Whatever form of birth control you choose, one thing is critical; you have to use it every time. If you don't you have a good chance of getting pregnant or contracting and STD. ...

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For this matter, put yourself in position that you got raped by some man you never met in your life and that man violated you. ... Do you really want to put yourself in this matter of risk? 6) She has a serious disease which would make me worse by pregnancy; 7) there is a hereditary disease in her or her parents; 8) her baby is likely to be born with serious disabilities. ... It is an individual right and choice that they made and it is wrong for you to say what is right and wrong with something that I choose and I believe in. ... I believe that in some cases you have to choose an abortion...

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Over the time of her pregnancy, she felt like the Sterns were truing to control her life because of the fact that the Sterns would tell her what they thought was best for her during the pregnancy. ... The easiest way is to first contact an agency who will send you an application which you will fill out and if you are approved then the agency starts the process of looking for a couple for you. While the agency is doing that you will get medical clearance from you gynecologist, which "consisted of a historicity" (where they use a camera to look inside your uterus and unto your tubes) ("How do I ...

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You may think that you don't have another choice, besides keeping the child or having it aborted well aren't you forgetting adoption? ... In some cases, such as rape, the mother may not want her baby to come out "different " in case the father was on drugs, alcohol, or some other substance that can cause diseases or deformities in babies, which is completely understandable and I have no say in that. ... Is this something that you would want to happen to you? ... Wouldn't you want to know what it is like to touch, smell, see, breathe, and love? ... I know everybody should have a...

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Abortion What would you do if you found out right now that you were going to be a parent? ... You are either for it or you aren't. ... If I am not a human being, what kind of being am I? ... What about teenage parents? ... Or consider the possibility of that child having a terminal prenatal disease, why bring him into the world just to suffer? ...

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What would it be like to die so young and so fragile? What would it be like to kill something so young and so fragile? ... What do you think? ... When you hear about all the bombings or incidents of arson on abortion clinics you, well at least I do, wonder what those people involved with those incidents would do if confronted with something of the magnitude of rape or something. ... You? ...

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What would it be like to die so young and so delicate? What would it be like to kill something so young and so delicate? ... In this personal essay, you as a reader will many facts on abortion and how it's wrong. ... What do you think? ... When you hear about all the bombings or incidents of arson on abortion clinics you, well at least I do, wonder what those people involved with those incidents would do if confronted with something of the magnitude of rape or something. ...

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What would you decide? ... If you chose for her to have an abortion congratulations! You have just killed Beethoven (Agnew). ... This case is what made abortion legal. ... Maybe we would have a cure for cancer or any other disease by now. ...

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You need to be further tested. ... We discussed what needs to be done to remove the cancer cells. ... The first is a Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure to have the cancer cells burnt off my cervix, a few biopsies to see what else is going on with me and a Dilation and Curettage procedure to scrape the lining of my uterus from years of not having periods. ... Even out of what I have learned, and experienced there is just one thing that I can not seem to get over. ... Now I face the possibility of never being able to have a child because of the disease I have. ...

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" There's nothing worse than having a baby put in your arms when you are hoping for one of the opposite sex." ... In Victoria, it is only allowed for medical reasons " such as preventing the spread of gender specific diseases." ... Many people will say it is not and that you are going against the laws of Mother Nature. ... However, these methods are only giving you a better chance of conceiving a baby of the sex you want and are not always going to give you what you want. ... Choosing the sex of you baby using IVF treatment, in society today, can not be justified of accepted. ...

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Some individuals may say intercourse is appropriate for marriage; wait until you say ''I do.... What about during the teen years? ... All of these causes can lead to serious consequences which are teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Sex education is very important and we believe that it should be taught when a child mind has fully comprehended what's going on in society, basically around the preteen days. ...

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What is happening to the relationships we once thought were all OK? ... (Westphal, Sylvia 4) The reason that the nation is trying to be more tough on this issue is because many minors do not know what they are getting themselves into, with no responsibility, and even acknowledgment of what could happen next, and this next problem would either be an unwanted pregnancy or a life threatening disease. ... "In conclusion, if you are planning on having a sexual relationship with someone older or younger then you. Consider talking to your parents or partners first"(Darroch, Jacqueline 1) b...

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When you see the complete turn around Norma made it makes you wonder what changed. ... First and foremost you should look at what the bible says. ... In many situations, people decide to have abortions because of a physical handicap or some kind of illness or disease. ... Having an abortion may cause you to wonder "what if I would have went through with it?" ... Doctors lead you to believe that the procedures are painless but even if they are for you, what about your poor, innocent child? ...

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Comprehensive sex education is proof that having this information is what is decreasing the opportunities to make these risks a reality. ... Teens are taught more about not having sex, than what happens when you do have sex, which leads to a considerable number of unplanned pregnancies and the misfortune of diseases and infections. ... This universal knowledge ultimately reduces teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and infections, and a lack of knowledge amongst America's future. ...

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Do you know how many teenage pregnancies there are each year in USA alone? ... According to Centers for disease control and prevention, young teenage girls who got pregnant at the young age face with health issue. ... Some are diagnosed with heart disease, low blood pressure or depression. ... Another ways that can be helpful is that all High Schools should provide information about reproduction system and the reproductive right which is what I was talking about on my last speech. ...

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Would you fill your baby's bottle with alcohol such as beer, wine or whisky? No, you probably wouldn't, however, if you drink while you are pregnant, that is just what you are doing. ... What is fetal alcohol syndrome? ... Also common are organ defects, including congenital heart disease which may require surgery. ... In conclusion, this paper has discussed "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," what it is, how it effects a child, and it's prognosis. ...

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