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    Teen Pregnancy and Abortion

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    Teenage pregnancy significantly impacts an adolescent’s education, as well as the goals they have set for themselves. Parental involvement is sometimes overlooked by the teen while deciding if abortion is the right choice. Most teenagers have access to obtain an abortion without their parents’ permission because some states consider a pregnant teen an adult. When states consider a pregnant adolescent an adult, the teen has the authority to make their own decisions. One reason why abortion is a chosen

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    Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of today. It is defined as the voluntary act of brining a pregnancy to an end. The very core of abortion is inhumane and dehumanizing, yet it has become quite popular in contemporary society. This topic has caused an uproar in society as individuals debate over the morality of having abortions. Abortion at any time during a pregnancy should be illegal. Many teenagers of today are sexually irresponsible, leading to pregnancy. Often, these teenagers

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    contraceptives is almost as hotly debated as abortion, when it comes to women’s healthcare and rights over their own bodies. In the article “Birth Control Should Be Considered a Human Right”, is about how denying a women birth control is essentially denying about half the population of the world a choice in what they want to do with their bodies. There are roughly 80 million women who have unplanned/unintended pregnancies and 68,000 women die from “botched back-alley abortions each year”. Logic would follow that

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    The Issue Of Pro Life

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    In America, there is an on-going argument as to whether or not a pregnant woman, or her close family/friends, should be allowed to make a decision to kill a fetus while it is still forming in the woman’s womb, known as abortion. The pro-life debate ranges from more than just abortion, as it stretches into the “releasing” of

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    Formal Outline Topic: Birth control access to teenage girls Thesis statement: Although teenage girls are prohibited from purchasing birth control, laws should be implemented to allow access to birth control as a means of managing safer sex, preventing the health risks and guarding them from the cycle of poverty. 1. Reasons for not allowing birth control to be given to teenagers A. It encourages sexual activity (Sex with many partners -promiscuity) B. Abstinence should be promoted

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    norms discourage sexual behavior in teenagers, however, it is found that many high school students have had sex; and many times, there are no types of contraception used. According to Mollborn (2017), it is found that 1 in 7 of these teenage girls become mothers. Teenage pregnancy has many negative lifelong implications. When a teenager becomes pregnant they are forced to make some very tough choices, and no matter which decision they make about the outcome of their pregnancy, their life will be changed

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    men than women in the world. Summary of example: Legal experts, meanwhile, are beginning to speak out about a double standard regarding how courts treat male versus female statutory rapists. Men fall into the usual stereotype of somehow believing a teenage male student probably enjoyed a sexual relationship with his adult teacher. Male teachers are always labeled as predators by the public. Female teachers are often mischaracterized as immature, confused or even vulnerable- even though they are just

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    Sex education in the UK The role of schools in providing information about sexual matters is much debated, with some arguing that school-based sex and relationships education (SRE) may accelerate the onset of sexual activity and that parents should provide the information (giving them control over what is delivered and when) (House of Commons Education Committee, 2015) Published in the Department for Education and Employment (DFEE, 2000) biological elements of sex education; puberty, reproduction

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    problem in the US. “Of the nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies in the U.S. each year, 82% are unintended.”3 With this alarming number of teenage girls getting pregnant, all birth control options should available for a teen and not restricted. The reasons for making birth control options available are: Will reduce teen pregnancy; will reduce the number of teenage abortions; and will give the teenager more responsibility. The opposing view believes abstinence is the answer. Making birth control more

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    Non Medical Abortion

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    Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy that is most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. The large majority of the world's people-in developing and developed countries-live in areas where abortion is legal at least for health reasons, and the recent trend has been toward further liberalization of laws. Where abortion services are not legal, they are frequently available from physicians to women who can afford to pay for them. Abortions provided by medically

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