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Consequences of Teens Poor Decisions A person must be accountable for his or her actions. She was only sixteen, with huge dreams- too young to become a mom, she would think. Yet she had relations without protection, and she could see those dreams she had disappearing. Really scared, she went to the basement of her school, “Abraham Lincoln High School’’ in Brooklyn, where the nurses office was at. First the nurse checked her pressure and weight. Then she send the information to a doctor to make…

Love, Allies, and The Devil As a younger sister, which I get no choice in the matter, I have realized that I am only one thing to my older sisters, that is a servant. While life proceeds on, I am crushed by the fact that not one of my sister cares when I suddenly realize, moms pregnant. I will no longer be blamed for stealing cookies or cutting all the barbies hair off. I shall seek revenge. As a seventeen year old with three sisters, I have learned to work around certain personalities of each…

What is puberty may you ask? Puberty is a period of time when individuals reach sexual maturity, and then become capable to reproducing. This time of change in your life is something everyone goes through. During these times of hormonal and bodily change, girls begin to ponder sex, love, marriage, and maybe even children. Some even begin to feel like a totally different person, in a totally different body. Many girls become more self-conscious during this time in their lives, while others get…

be abortion. By offering free birth control and better educate not just women, but men on sex then we can decrease the amount of unintended pregnancies which could cause the abortion rate to lower. A nationwide program that educates young people of all races and sexualities how to practice safe sex is a better solution than a health class that has a curriculum that varies state to state and only teaches abstinence rather than practicing safe sex or simply offering birth control. Education in…

Birth control is to prevent pregnancy for women who are sexually active. The most infamously known birth control is the pill that women takes orally. Another birth control that is not commonly talked about in health clinics and among women is the IUD’s. Though the IUD is proven to be as effective as the pills, not all women and doctors are not being educated about this birth control. IDUs have different forms depending on what the woman need. The IUD is 99 percent effective according to…

organization would be pro-contraceptives in school because of its overall goal to cut down on teen pregnancies and ultimately improve “serious social problems including poverty (especially child poverty), child abuse and neglect, father-absence, low birth weight, school failure, and poor preparation for the workforce. (The National Campaign, n.d.)”Much like the advocacy groups, public health officials seem in favor of allowing young people more access to contraceptives. The Center for Disease…

In search of anything in life it seems to take you back in time. To a memory, to something you should have said or done. To a place where you revaluate reflect and overcome and ask who are you? Who is April Raintree? One would assume that childhood is a time where you’re careless and free to imagine and play as children do, your only responsibility is to be a kid. For April Raintree born April 18th, year unknown, and a half breed, would know nothing of childhood. Born into poverty and…

for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group, released three videos of Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of fetal body tissues for profit and they stirred up a controversy. Planned Parenthood provides thousands of women with services such as birth control and cancer screenings daily, but they are also one of the largest providers of abortions in the nation. The videos of Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissues, made many people very disturbed because of how…

There are an equal amount of difficulties as well as enjoyment in being a new parent. Adamsons states that parenthood is the most common experience experienced by individual in the US (Adamsons 160). Parents should anticipate new challenges and lifestyles after the arrival of the baby. Arrival of the baby also puts a marital strain on the relationship between the spouse/partner. Family system is also influence by the addition of another baby. Even though there are many obstacles of taking care…

nostrils. I was nervous, impatient, overly excited but at the same time a wave of melancholy was slowly invading me. This was the happiest day of my life, when all frustrations were forgotten and a new hope was born in a great new life. My nephew’s birth was exactly what I was needing since that cold February morning years back when I was given the news that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome and getting…