Hunter Rycerz
Theresa Detrich
English 104
16 November 2016
Knocked Up
Did you know that over 7.3 million babies are born to teenage mothers each year? (Carol J. Williams) According to an U.N. population study that was released in October of 2013. That’s not even the half of that’s not counting the babies being aborted or miscarriages. Have you ever seen a young girl between the ages of 15-19 walking around with a new born baby or baby only saying the words “mama” around that young teenager? Have you ever wondered why that girl had a baby at such a young age? Throughout history, teenage pregnancy has been a major issue to society. Though it is virtually hopeless to completely end teenage pregnancy, it is not impossible to decrease the amount …show more content…
Schools and parents need to start concentrating on teaching their young teenagers about how the body works and what are ways to prevent teen pregnancy. They need to do this is because the research from the article “A Strategy Backfires, Increasing Teen Births," written by Zoe Greenberg, has shown that using the computerized baby system increases the number of teens getting pregnant and giving births. Educating teens at a younger age, such as 12 and 13, about using contraceptives and becoming abstain has shown to decrease the amount of teen pregnancies and teen births. The research shown in the articles from the New York Times written by Kate Zernike and another author from the Opinions Page shows that educating kids and talking to them about using contraception’s and going to abstinence programs could decrease the amount of teen pregnancies …show more content…
According to this article, “There are one hundred and twelve pregnancies for every one-thousand young women aged 15-19, resulting in 61 births, 36 abortions, and 15 miscarriages.” The reason for the schools wanting to push for abstinence programs is because according to a survey done by the Department of Health and Human Services that the decrease in teenaged pregnancies may continue. In 1995, fifty percent of women aged 15-19 engaged in sexual activity, down from fifty-five percent in 1990. Among boys, the 1995 figure was 55 percent, down from 60 percent in 1988. However, the problems with these abstinence programs are that they cost way too much and might give misleading information. The author of this piece explains that if we preach abstinence to younger teens, it can and will work, but that there needs to be a variety of approaches to persuade young people to delay sex and avoid
Theresa Detrich
English 104
16 November 2016
Knocked Up
Did you know that over 7.3 million babies are born to teenage mothers each year? (Carol J. Williams) According to an U.N. population study that was released in October of 2013. That’s not even the half of that’s not counting the babies being aborted or miscarriages. Have you ever seen a young girl between the ages of 15-19 walking around with a new born baby or baby only saying the words “mama” around that young teenager? Have you ever wondered why that girl had a baby at such a young age? Throughout history, teenage pregnancy has been a major issue to society. Though it is virtually hopeless to completely end teenage pregnancy, it is not impossible to decrease the amount …show more content…
Schools and parents need to start concentrating on teaching their young teenagers about how the body works and what are ways to prevent teen pregnancy. They need to do this is because the research from the article “A Strategy Backfires, Increasing Teen Births," written by Zoe Greenberg, has shown that using the computerized baby system increases the number of teens getting pregnant and giving births. Educating teens at a younger age, such as 12 and 13, about using contraceptives and becoming abstain has shown to decrease the amount of teen pregnancies and teen births. The research shown in the articles from the New York Times written by Kate Zernike and another author from the Opinions Page shows that educating kids and talking to them about using contraception’s and going to abstinence programs could decrease the amount of teen pregnancies …show more content…
According to this article, “There are one hundred and twelve pregnancies for every one-thousand young women aged 15-19, resulting in 61 births, 36 abortions, and 15 miscarriages.” The reason for the schools wanting to push for abstinence programs is because according to a survey done by the Department of Health and Human Services that the decrease in teenaged pregnancies may continue. In 1995, fifty percent of women aged 15-19 engaged in sexual activity, down from fifty-five percent in 1990. Among boys, the 1995 figure was 55 percent, down from 60 percent in 1988. However, the problems with these abstinence programs are that they cost way too much and might give misleading information. The author of this piece explains that if we preach abstinence to younger teens, it can and will work, but that there needs to be a variety of approaches to persuade young people to delay sex and avoid