A case study is examined to illustrate possible approaches to care and personal reflections of the author will be shared regarding issues of teenage pregnancy. In 2009 almost 410,000 infants were born to United States teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19. Nearly two-thirds of births to women younger than 18 and more than half of those among 18 and 19-year-olds were a result of unintended pregnancies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). This represents a teen birth rate as much as nine times greater than other developed countries and is especially high among black and Hispanic teens in southern states (Vital signs: teen pregnancy, 2011). Those at highest risk of teen pregnancy are girls from single parent homes, families with low socioeconomic status, and girls with a sister who became pregnant as a teenager (Talashek, Alba, & Patel, 2006).
The rate of teen pregnancy is high, as you can see in mainstream America. Girls with babies are now even getting their own shows. Birth control significantly cuts down on the teen pregnancy rate. If a sexually active teenage girl can have open access to birth control, the odds of her getting pregnant
In the 2008 ABC News article “Serial Surrogates Have Birthed More Babies for Others Than Themselves.” By Juju Chang, Marc Dorian, and Sara Holmeing Tells us about surrogate mothers who aren’t in this business for that money, more for the joy of giving birth and handing over the baby is, accordingly to Anita Brush, a surrogate mother "an incredible gift" to give a baby to other couples around the world that are unable to successful get pregnant on their own. One option that is becoming more and more popular in today's society is surrogate mothers. The advantage of surrogacy is that the child is usually related to one of the intended parents and can be the product of both genetic parents. Yet the reason that many Americans don't look for this as an option first is because of the large percentage of
You cannot expect to send a 16 year old to college and still have full control over their curfew and monitor their social life. Of course, along with drinking comes sexual promiscuity. STD’s, or sexually transmitted diseases, are also at epidemic proportions. American teenagers have more pregnancies, births, and abortions than youngsters in any other Western Industrialized country. One-third of young US girls, about 820,000, become pregnant before they turn 20 (80% are unmarried) and 4 million American teens contract an STD each year.
About six out of 100 women will get pregnant if they don’t always use the shot. Condoms should still be used with both methods. Birth control doesn’t only help against pregnancy but it helps with medical issues as well. About one-point-five million women take birth control for other reasons than preventing pregnancy. It helps with menstrual cramps, extremely painful menstrual cycles, and premenstrual syndrome.
In 2006, the proportion of mothers with newborns that were in the workforce was at 57% (“Working Parents”, 2012). That number increased to 61% in 2008 (“Working Parents”, 2012). There are many single working mothers who have not finished High School or received a GED. This leads to problems down the road. Thirty percent of teenage girls who have dropped out of school listed pregnancy or parenthood as the primary reason (“Teen Pregnancy Prevention”, n.d.).
For Teenagers who fall pregnant, it is difficult to juggle the insecurities of teenage hood with learning basic parenting skills. As a result, teenage parents often consider abortion. Statistics show that New Zealand has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world, with around fifty girls in every thousand falling pregnant. Of these pregnancies, about half result in abortion. An advantage of putting a parenting licence in place will be to educate these teenagers on basic parenting skills to qualify them to raise a child, avoiding such abortions.
BIRTH CONTROL FOR TEENS BY: MICHELE CLARK COMPOSITION I ENC 1101 – 120 EVEREST UNIVERSITY BIRTH CONTROL FOR TEENS The age long debate about giving birth control to teenagers has gone on for decades. Some says that by giving birth control (the pill and/or condoms) to teens, we are giving them the green light so to speak to become sexually active. That it is the individual parents’ decision to make. Whereas others say by doing so we are protecting our children from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned teen pregnancies. Birth control can be and is prescribed for more than protection.
Throughout the years, many different forms of contraception have been developed. Also, we, as a society, have begun to have more open talks regarding sex and sexuality. Whereas the thought of sexual education in school was unfathomable in the early 1900’s, it is almost standard now in most adolescent course curriculums. These advancements, both in our mental capacities and in our abilities to prevent unwanted pregnancies have perhaps led to less of a need for abortions in America ((Crooks & Baur, 2008). Another key issue for opposition of the legalization of abortions is examining who in America is having abortions.
Maybe an abortion is the best choice for her. In a way, I believe that she is saving a child from entering a world where it would be neglected and not loved.I also have a very strong opinion on abortion and teenage pregnancy. The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is at an all time high. More and more girls are getting pregnant and are instantly thrown into a difficult situation. I don't believe that any teenager is fit to be a mother.