Now those kids might end up having sex when they become teenagers. ... Teens have higher rates of contracting gonorrhea than do sexually active men and women aged 20 to 44. ... Holding a secret that immense inside you causes great stress and emotional upset. ... Another major concern for teenagers having sex is that some people feel that the teenager should have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies. ... If teens want to go out and have sex, then so be it. ...

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European teenagers have just as much sex as we do but their pregnancy rate is 2 to 6 times lower than ours. ... But, did you know that both the anti-abortion movement and the pro-choice movement have avoided encouraging birth control? ... Why do I say it is a futile argument? ... It may surprise you but about 30% of all Protestant and Catholic women have had at least one abortion, but only 11% of Jewish and 22% of unreligious women have had an abortion (Moulton pg.137). ... "Love is primarily an act of the will, but has tremendous emotional overtones because it has to do with how we relate to...

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But how do we determine whether it is nonviable or not? ... A pro-choice advocate would exclaim, "That's ok, but how do we tell whether an embryo is a person? ... I would reply to them that yes, indeed you are committing murder when you have an abortion, because an embryo is a unique person from conception. ... (Willke, ch. 10) So, what you are really doing is killing a person. ... If she thinks she's old enough to handle having sex, she is old enough to make a commitment to the consequences of having sex. ...

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You may think that you don't have another choice, besides keeping the child or having it aborted well aren't you forgetting adoption? ... Many people think that abortion is just something that you do because you don't want your baby or because you are not ready for it, which you may not be, but the truth is it kills the lives of many unborn babies who didn't have a single chance in this world. ... However, for those who have not been raped and who willfully had sex and got pregnant, I don't think that is the right thing to do. ... Could you ever think of doing that to...

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What do you do? Do you get an abortion and never have to think about the baby again? Or do you keep it? If you keep it, how in the world will you learn how to be a mother so soon? ... It wasn't their fault that you had sex and got pregnant. ...

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Many people agree that abortion is wrong, what makes you think that you have the right to kill the child just because you were too ignorant to have protected sex. ... At least you could do is put it up for adoption, and go to support groups and seek other help. Yeah, no one is perfect but the least someone could do it give the baby a chance to see how life is and grow up and maybe have a loving and caring family. ... I mean you shouldn't take the chance of having sex if you don't want the responsibility; like that saying goes "If you can't take the heat get out the kitchen."...

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I am not saying that all couples who get pregnant before marriage have major problems but a lot do. ... You may think that you know each other inside and out but you will be surprised at how much you do not know about your beloved. ... There have been a lot of studies released in recent years talking about how the fact that when a couple lives together before marriage their marital success rate drops significantly. ... This perspective is coming from someone who can't imagine having sex with someone that I don't like so bear with me. ... Next time you decide to have less than p...

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The doctor gives you the results and says that you are pregnant. ... I don't know how abstinence education is going to prevent someone from having sex. Sure, you have the knowledge, but you still have to choose to practice it or not. ... The fact that people are still scratching their heads over what to do about this is amazing to me because it is a huge issue that doesn't have just one answer. ... While teens should wait to have sex, the fact of the matter is that many of them don't. ...

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That's 42 million children who will never see the light of the day. 42 million children who will never go to school, have friends or know how it feels to have a mother and a father. ... If the fetus was not alive, how does it grow? ... Not to forget, there are a lot of things you can do to prevent pregnancies. Most people say that condoms rip easily but condoms are not the only things you can use for protected sex. ... Last but not least, you and your partner can talk about what could happen if you don't have protected sex and if you both agree on having children. ...

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A heartbeat represents life no matter how small the baby is and no one should be allowed to end a life that is nothing but innocent and pure. ... Everyone knows that engaging in unprotected sex increases a woman's chances of getting pregnant. ... Life does not come with an eraser and no matter your mistake you cannot change them, but you must learn to live with them. ... We are all aware of where babies come from and regardless of who impregnates you the baby has a full right to your body just as you had a right to choose to have unprotected sex. ... Therefore, if the fetus is not given t...

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She was a little un-sure at first but he used some of the basic typical guy lines, "oh I love you so much and I just want to show you how much you mean to me," "if you loved me you would give me you"re virginity." ... Having a baby is a very stressful time for anyone and more so when you"re a teen. ... And teens are going to have sex regardless of how many laws are created, or rules and limitations parents set, and information they are given. There is no way to make every teen out there stop having sex, its virtually impossible but the number of teens having sex can be decreased as well as ...

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Also, many of the teenagers who do have an abortion many times come back pregnant again and have another abortion. ... There is obviously not a good relationship between the teenager and her parents because if there was the parents would talk to her about the risks of having sex and what can happen if she does have unprotected sex. ... I feel this way because when you have sex, you accept everything that comes with it. ... For some teens, abortion as a means of coping can become a stressor by Anne Speckhard This article reiterates my thoughts about how abortion is a wrong thing to do, ...

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It is living no matter how many people say that its not. ... Women have the right to do whatever they want to their body, regardless of how it affects themselves or others. ... Yes, the mother and the father do have rights. They have reproductive rights that give them the right to choose to have sex, and you have a right to refrain from having sex. Reproductive rights begin and end when you choose whether or not to have sex. ...

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No matter how old or how successful you are, most women can get pregnant. ... "Sex Sells", Brittney Spears said to one Miami Herald reporter, and so it does. ... "If their having sex, why shouldn't I?"... With everything now in our society based on sex, how can we stop this youthful revolution from taking place and how can we stop young girls from getting pregnant. ... What if you"re a college student and you become pregnant, should you throw your whole future away just because of one mistake? ...

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As human beings we are not "taken in the middle of the night" and forced to have sex with people without ever knowing it. We make a conscious decision to have sex with another individual, and I feel that most people in our culture, especially since the initiative to have sex education in schools, know that sex can result in pregnancy. ... Having sex is a judgment that is made. ... Unlike this example, many people have sex without impaired judgment, and make a rational decision. ... Now, thus far I have treated it as if the decision to have sex was solely the woman's responsibility, an...

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In what trimester does life begin? ... With such a vague definition of life then how can we say that abortion is wrong, and that it is murder? ... To solve such a controversial and complicated issue as abortion is to feed you to the lions. ... If children have the ability to reproduce starting at age eleven, then why do we begin to teach our children about abortion after they have already had sex-education? ... Why did I learn about sex after I began having feelings, and needs that I could not understand or even explain. ...

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But how can that be applied to contraceptives? ... This is asking all people who do not want children to abstain from sex forever. ... Asking people to never have sex is like asking people to stay locked in a bubble. ... The fetus does not have the right to live, it depends totally on the body of the mother for life and if the mother does not want to give her body she cannot be morally required to do so. ... How can we hold a woman responsible for bearing a child if she tried not to have it?...

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Teen Pregnancy: How does it affect society? ... You can sense the nervousness just by the looks on their faces. ... The main reason for teen pregnancy is early initiation of sex and having unprotected sex. ... Many teens have made the choice to abstain from sex until they are married. ... Three-quarters of teens use some method of contraception, which is usually a condom the first time they have sex. ...

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When asked, "How could you deny an abortion to a twelve year old girl who is the victim of incest?" ... Some questions that I have for you are, how many women were involved in this study, how old were they, and did religious beliefs influence them? ... What if these women have been pregnant before, and still do want an abortion? ... You say, "A victim may sense that if she can get through the pregnancy she will have conquered the rape. " (Reardon, 2) What if she does not feel this way? ... You state, "Abortion involves a painful examination of a woman's sexual organs by a masked stranger...

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A surprise, oddball, how the heck did you think of that?... Which girl in this pageant do you dislike the most? ... Since the earliest reformers in the 1800s, and especially the female reformists in the 1960s, women have claimed equality among the sexes. ... How many have small breasts? How many are over the age of 35? ...

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Now, you can have an abortion anywhere, some places are cheaper than others, some offer better treatment, it has become a modern day casualty. ... Killing someone how didn't ask to be born is a horrific error. ... The psychological harm that an abortion do to a woman are countless. ... Women who have experience a series of abortions are more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery. ... It can cause them to loss pleasure from intercourse, have a promiscuous believes, feel pain during sex, or an antipathy to sex. ...

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I personally do not think so. ... " You can choose to do what you like with your body, but like those that left my school and had three kids by the age of twenty, perhaps you might like the option of abortion a little more thought"(Ayn Rand). In today's society everywhere is sex. ... By getting pregnant at 14 what are you learning from this, you are throwing your future out the door and blaming someone else for your mistakes. ... They preach on how abortion is selfish. ...

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How far would the slippery slope go and who's to say when and how it would stop. ... Characteristics such as chronic illnesses and disabilities do not resemble traits such as sex, sexual orientation, or race because the latter are not in themselves perceived as inimical to a rewarding life. ... I believe that everyone including unborn fetuses have the right to life no matter if they have a disability such as Down syndrome or if they do not. ... No matter if you are disabled or not you are still your own unique individual and that's what makes our world so diverse and how it is toda...

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Time magazine brought up the phrase "The Juno Effect" where young girls were saying how fun it would be to have a baby. ... The shows do not show every pregnant teenager and how they live their life. ... Many people were shocked and made a big deal out of it, but many also eager to see how the show would do and what people would think. ... Every episode shows something new or shocks you. ... These girls love their babies more than anything but do wish that they would have waited until they were stable in their lives to have a baby. ...

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Having sex is a huge responsibility, and if you aren't ready to handle the consequences, then having sex is not for you, and abortion is not the answer if you do get pregnant. ... "It takes about an hour to kill the baby" and the mother delivers the dead baby a day or so after, however some do manage to survive this agonizing attempt to end their lives (Abortion TV).At no time during any of the methods of abortion are the babies given any type of anesthetic to ease the pain. ... Some of these problems with the living will issue have cropped up from an ethical issue with doctors. ... The...

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