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    state, even more so when the mother is a teenager. Abortions negatively affect a teenage girl psychologically, physically and socially. The effects that an abortion leaves on a teenage girl are extremely negative and forces their lives to resentfully change. Abortion psychologically impaires a teenage mother negatively. the majority of abortions that are performed, are

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    In recent years, teenage pregnancy has been labeled a major issue amongst teens that it can be known as an “Epidemic.” Is teenage pregnancy directly responsible for a host of society’s ills? Increasing teenage pregnancy rate translates directly into increasing rates of “school failure,” early behavioral problems, drug abuse, child abuse, depression, and crimes. Many social problems can be directly attributed to the poor choices of teenage girls.      The talk shows today are flooded by episodes

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    social issue because it is a public health problem in the United States ( Shearer, Mulvihill, Klerman, Wallander, 2002). Yampolsya et al., (2002) suggests that teenage pregnancy is a huge issue because it is known to have a negative effect on the mother and most importantly the child. Yampolsya et al., (2002) provides evidence that teenage pregnancy can be linked to a number of other social issues such as poverty and a child low academic performance. There have been multiple links

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    Teenage Pregnancy

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    Teenage Pregnancy I. Introduction Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problem that the world is facing today. Early pregnancy or teenage pregnancy is dangerous to teenage girls’ health because it may cause cervical cancer, aids, and eventually death. Teenage pregnancies are often associated with an increased rate of delinquent behaviors including alcohol and substance abuse. To begin with, majority of them belong to the low income group. To prevent this dilemma, there are some preventions

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    Psychological Effects of Teenage Pregnancy In recent years, the rate of teen pregnancies in America has increased dramatically. Approximately 750,000 teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant every year, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Within this number, 82% of the pregnancies are unplanned. The psychological effects of these pregnancies can be severe.  Birth and Post-Birth Issues * More than half of teenage pregnancies continue to birth. According to a researcher

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    XueBing Xie Mr. Hines ELA 11 College English 1/29/15 Rough Draft (4pgs) Title: Sex Education and Birth Control should be enforced to prevent Teenage Pregnancies “Approximately one million teens get pregnant and give birth every year in the United States. Eighty percent of those births are to unmarried teens (ProQuest Staff)”. Teenage Pregnancy is when a mentally immature female adolescent under the age of nineteen is pregnant. Pregnant Teenagers would have to face many consequences and problems

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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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    The Impact of Teen Pregnancy on Young Mothers Jennifer West Kaplan University CM220

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    adolescents. The scope of the problem, the social context of teenage pregnancy, and the consequences will be examined. teenage mother face difficulties and problems during and after pregnancy twice as much as more than older women and their pregnant “counterparts” who delayed childbearing until after age 20 .Low ses greater risk of becoming teenager pregnant and influence the development of both the course and persistence in antenatal depression and PPD and ) reported that the presences of depressive

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    Brianna Fenton Mrs. Quinzi English 3 June 1, 2015 Teenage Pregnancy: Why get pregnant young when you have your whole life ahead of you? If you can barely take care of yourself, can you really take care of someone else? In the United States, teenage pregnancy and birth rates have declined by one third over the past decade, however, one in three girls still become pregnant by the age of 20 (Brown 125). While it may seem good that the number of teenage pregnancies has declined, the facts remain that

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