Students need to be taught what to expect when engaging in sexual activity and its consequences. At same time, it is advisable that programs teach all age appropriate material about safe sex to students. Why do Abstinence-only program not teach students the importance of safe sex, or the possible impact of sexually transmitted diseases? In addition the program is lacking in the area of education on teen pregnancy. “Statistics show that roughly one in four girls will become pregnant at least once…
be more likely to choose to be in a safe environment where there is specific training in which the physicians are licensed and legally bound to guarantee knowledge in the matter. To further protect state laws the federal government broke up the pregnancy into three 12-week trimesters. This was done to protect the states’ law of potential human life. In the first trimester, the Supreme Court ruled that the state cannot regulate abortion beyond requiring that the abortion be conducted by a…
The legislation has provided rights for domestic and sexual violence, treatment, and criminal consequences to violence against the victim. The increase in criminal sexual activity had an effect legislation to stop the upward trend of sexual offenders. Richards and Marcum, 2014, p.26 stated, “these laws include sex offender registration and notification…
Teenage Pregnancy. The Issues. Teenage pregnancy is a widely discussed topic with many different and completely opposite points of view. Ranging from great positives and support and encouragement for the teens undergoing this huge change in their lives and bitter disappointment and down look at teenagers who this has happened to. Due to the dramatic increase and decreases that have been happening these past few years, this subject clearly needs to be discussed in more detail. There are many…
Sex is becoming the norm and those who are not experiencing intercourse are more often than not outcast in society. As a result of mainstream entertainment feeding sexuality teens are consistently pressured into sexual intercourse. Furthermore charitably providing birth control and condoms to young adults is promoting sex prior to marriage. According to Rebecca j. Donnatelle “60% of sexually active female college students are using birth control” and “99% of U.S women who have been sexually…
information about multiple forms of STD’s and pregnancy…
behavior is a serious issue because it has major consequences. The consequences of adolescent sexual behavior are pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDS) have a significant impact on an adolescent’s life. Pregnancy alters the adolescent girl’s future for the rest of her life. Sexually transmitted diseases are easier to prevent than treat or cure (Clinton, Clark, & Straub, 2010). Although the teen birth rate has decreased over the…
Teenage Pregnancy has always been an issue in the United States, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2013 there were 273,105 babies born in the U.S. to teenage mothers between the ages of fifteen and nineteen years old. This means, the birth rate for teenage pregnancy is 26.5 out of 1000 teenage girls. Traditionally, teenage pregnancy was though to be exclusively due to poverty. However, there are multiple factors that lead to teenage pregnancy, such as peer…
not what it was. Humans are built to love, but when factors are added in they break down and love does not work. Factors such as lust, hormones, jealousy, mistrust, and loose morals can affect a relationship and may break it or lead to unwanted consequences. Many in today’s society, are faced with relationship problems because of these factors and are unable to keep a relationship. Humans have three primary emotional systems when it comes to love. These are mating, reproduction, and parenting.…
Psychological causes in teen pregnancy: The issue of teen parenthood is one of the many controversial topics in the United States. Some 11% of teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant each year, accounting for approximately 1 million pregnancies. It has been found that most teens are being exposed to having unprotected sex at an early age as well as their cognitive development is in a growth stage. Psychology is the seeking to understanding and explaining thought, emotion, and…