Preterm birth

years of age gave birth to 249,078 babies in 2014. Therefore, reducing the birth rate 24.2 percent per 1,000 females within that age bracket. In the year 2013 it was reported the birth rate was at 26.5 percent per 1,000 females within 15-19 age group. These babies were close to 89 percent of unwed mothers. Teenagers conceiving babies without being married is an all too common factor in this country. According to the (www.cdc.gov about Teen pregnancy). In return, making the U.S. birth rates at…

1. Case Summary: Miss X, 16y/o Chinese young teenager visited her GP for a simple UTI treatment. However, she was recommended by her GP to visit the family planning (FP) clinic for advice regarding contraception. Miss X had started a relationship with her boyfriend early this year and they had been sexually active since then. Miss X reported that she sometimes had unprotected sex but said that she had always been careful and not having sex during her ‘fertile’ period. She is currently well, with…

The Benefits of Birth Control Birth control is available to everyone, anyone can go to the store and get a type of birth control. Except for the more complex kinds of birth control, people have to go to the doctor to get a prescription. Without birth control, many women would become pregnant at a young age when they don’t want or can’t afford a baby. Often times this can lead an to abortion, which is the killing of an innocent baby for absolutely no reason. Birth control prevents sexually…

The Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case was definitely one case that significantly impacted business and society. The owners of the Hobby Lobby corporation went to trial in order to prevent from providing free contraceptive to their employees because it was against their beliefs. In fact, they won the trial and were given the right to religious freedom. Hobby Lobby, and other corporations should not have the right to religious freedom. Corporations should not have the right to religious freedom…

Isaiah Pov: Fifth century- A couple hundred of my Strigoi brother 's and sister 's and I sat soundlessly surrounding lifeless animal bodies, out in the forest at night. Unfortunately over the years, five leading families have hunted my kind down, they track our every move and have slaughtered many of my kind as they 've found a weapon able to kill the Strigoi: The silver stake. I then heard a battle cry sounding out through the forest, myself and the rest of the Strigoi instantly stood up and…

and that teen wakes up, forced to face the responsibilities of an adult due to a mistake they wish they had not made. Contraception is the deliberate use of techniques to avoid pregnancy and ultimately prevent mistakes that are often made. Condoms, birth control, and other methods of contraception determine the fate of many, yet is hard to obtain. Prescriptions, embarrassment, and affordability of contraceptives are what cause its supply to be so rarely used. The opportunities…

In elementary school, I struggled learning to read. I had no motivation or desire to learn to read. I did not like reading and reading did not like me. Every day I would beg to get out of practicing and would shed a river of tears from my small eyes. I would not read and no one could make me. My brain could not and would not focus on the lessons being taught. I hated everything about reading and writing. I did not understand the purpose of reading when I could just watch a movie and it did not…

Relationships are complicated. The film “Her”, directed by Spike Jonze, is a clear example of this. Throughout the film, Theodore Twombly is challenged by the decision of having a relationship with a digital lifeform. He struggles with his artificial companion, Samantha, wishing that she were real. Samantha faces many of her own challenges as well, one of them being that she is unable to have human interaction with Theodore. Although, technology helps Theodore to break out of his comfort zone,…

The feeling of being protected or safe is one of the many needs of a human. According to dictionary.com protection is defined as “the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.” But protection comes in many forms. This ad for Condom Shop is all about being properly protected and is advertising condoms and safe sex. In the ad you can clearly see that the man is in some sort of battle or situation and he is not properly covered or protected like the other…

Laws regarding abortion and history. Until 1973, the Roe verse Wade case, it was illegal to have an abortion. The Supreme Court ruled that in the First Trimester, pregnant women have a constitutional right to abortions, and the state as no personal stake in regulating them at that time. In the Second Trimester, the state may regulate abortion and insist on reasonable standards of medical practice if an abortion is to be performed. In the Third Trimester, the interests of the state overrides the…