... Jones' observation on future expectations of teenage girls illustrates the effects that growing up in a lower income household influences how they may feel about gaining an education and a career. The Alan Gutmacher Institute states, "While sexual activity among teenagers of all income levels is now common, having a baby is not. Adolescent childbearing is heavily concentrated among poor and low income teenagers ... ...

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... these reasons ("Why" 1). The other 93 percent of abortions are obtained for social reasons only, such as relationship problems and feelings of being unready for a baby ("Why" 1). According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 82 percent of women getting abortions are unmarried, over half of them are poor, and 60 percent of them already have one child ("30 Years Later" 4). Hispanics obtain ... ...

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... only have to increase its members" use of contraception by 15% to save enough health care dollars to pay for contraception for everyone in the plan" (Institute of Medicine). The Alan Guttmacher Institute recently conducted a study that calculated for an average employer, "the total indirect cost of pregnancy-related absences per year per 1,000 covered female employees would be $542,000 ... ...

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... of their sexual partners- (Trends in Teenage 1). There is no confirmed verification that teaching abstinence-only sex education will lengthen abstinence any longer than comprehensive sex education. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, twenty percent of the drop in the teen pregnancy rate between 1988 and 1995 is credited to abstinence " or at least delaying sexual activity, but 80 percent ... ...

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... of their sexual partners- (Trends in Teenage 1). There is no confirmed verification that teaching abstinence-only sex education will lengthen abstinence any longer than comprehensive sex education. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, twenty percent of the drop in the teen pregnancy rate between 1988 and 1995 is credited to abstinence " or at least delaying sexual activity, but 80 percent ... ...

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