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    seen among teen girls and a rise in the number of teens infected with STDs, these negative sentiments may be at their highest. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that “nearly half of the 19 million new STDs each year are among young people aged 15–24 years.” And more startlingly, “more than 400,000 teen girls aged 15–19 years gave birth in 2009” (CDC). The statistics are enough to make most any parents fretful of their child’s outside associations. But what is to be done about this

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    teen parents below the poverty level, the need for public assistance comes into play. In Mississippi, forty nine percent of females under the age of 18, reported receiving public benefits and food stamps. For single mothers, it is more difficult to control and direct household activities without the help of a second adult ("Impact on Education and the Economy)". According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, eighty percent of teen fathers do not marry the mother of their

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    Abortion is defined as terminating a pregnancy before the fetus has been born. Abortion has been and still is very controversial and has had an increasing amount of cases all over the world. In 2000 there were over one million abortions in the United States (Harper, et al, 501). Abortion is one of the most common procedures women undergo. According to the current abortion rates about thirty percent of women will have an abortion by the age of forty-five (Jones and Kavanaugh, 2011). Most abortions

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    Film As A Social Icon

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    Daniela Velasquez Dr. Partin Film as a Social Icon Movies Discussed: Juno (2007), Friends With Benefits (2011), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013), Avatar (2009), Wall-E (2008), The Social Network (2010), The Purge (2013), The World Trade Center (2006). Film is a way that one can look back in time and see the reflection of the ideals and morals of people in a specific time period. The way in which films are written and created

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    Contraception, the use of various devices, drugs, agents, or surgical procedure to prevent conception or impregnation, helps all females plan if and when they want to have a baby. 50 years ago, FDA approved contraception and currently over 100 million women have used contraception in their life. Now, there are various types of contraceptives to choose from including long-acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants (Benagio, Bastianelli, & Farris 2006)

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    Kant argues that there is a clear distinction between sexual desires also known as ones appetite and romantic desires. With man having a sixth sense called appetite, these impulses are pleasing the appetite of someone else (Kant, Heath & Schneewind, 1997). The utilization of another person in order to gratify mans sexual desires through the use of another person, is similar to that person being an instrument for man’s service. The individual is being thrown away once the appetite has been fed. After

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    Women Have the Burden of Birth Control

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    different ways, the time involved, the cost of birth control, the physical side effects of contraception, and the effect due to failure of contraception. When looking at the physical time it takes for a woman to take a birth control pill versus the time it takes

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    family .In order to change the local culture from having traditionally larger families for social security, to smaller ones, governments implement a national family planning program. Family planning programs are most commonly applied to areas with high birth rates such as China, India and java in Indonesia, in attempt to lower population, however, in the case of Greece’s family planning, it aims to reduce women’s abortion rates. In many countries, governments have ulterior motives for reducing population

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    asked my dad if he was okay with me going on birth control. Naturally he thought the worst, but that had nothing to do with why I wanted it. The reason that most female teens think about birth control is because of premenstrual syndrome -- a condition which causes migraines, cramps, and mood swings. Many people, like my father, disapprove of teens using birth control for moral and/ or religious reasons. Parents do not want their children to have birth control because they often feel that it is inappropriate

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    Arnold Nguyen Amy Chastain English Comp 102 26 June 2015 Mandatory Condom Coverage The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010 under the Obama Administration to make health coverage available to more Americans. According to Thomas Berg, a social researcher and law professor at St. Thomas University, It would have brought greater demand for health services. The increased number of health professions needed to provide those services would have motivated a younger generation to pursue a career

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