The children of teen mothers have a lower birth weight, are more likely to perform poorly in school, and are at a greater risk of abuse or neglect. ... A majority of those diseases are transmitted sexually. ... Talk to youth about the importance of abstaining from sex, or being responsible if sexually active. ... Contraceptive use among sexually active teens has increased, but still remains inconsistent. ... A majority of teen girls and boys that are sexually active say that they wished they would have waited. ...

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Teens who have experienced childhood or adolescent sexual abuse also have greater sexual vulnerability, which increases the risks of unintended pregnancy and further abuse. Girls who are sexually abused as children are far more prone to risky sexual behavior and early pregnancy as adolescents. Many teens that have experienced childhood sexual abuse don't believe that they can control what happens to them or their bodies. They may have difficulty making choices that prevent them from exposure to further abuse or unintended sexual consequences, such as pregnancy. ... The age for sexual...

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Effects of alcohol consumption to the fetus during pregnancy Consuming alcohol during pregnancy has many harmful consequences to a fetus. As many as 12,000 infants are born each year with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), a disease solely caused by the exposure of the fetus to alcohol during pregnan...

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Due to the lack of education, teen sexually transmitted diseases as well as AIDS have increased within the teen population. ... Only 50% of the girl's complete high school, 50% are on welfare, and they themselves become abusive child abusers. ... The sexual revolution of the 60's has affected another dimension of health care. ... Every year approximately 3 million American teenagers contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD). ... Also, earlier education will increase awareness of sexually transmitted diseases. ...

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Which reported to say, "many pregnancies lead to a fatherless families, that increase the risk of child sexual abuse."... This is what will lead a "new born child into a family breakdown of lack of parental supervision and child abuse."... For one, "children whose parents separate are significantly more likely to engage in early sexual activity than their peers whose parents are together."... (Westphal, Sylvia 4) The other 40% are other cases of step family problems, death in family, abuse, or just family problems.... "In conclusion, if you are planning on having a sexual relationshi...

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They may live in single parent homes, deal with poverty or struggle with substance abuse. ... The number of television shows with sexual content incremented significantly from 1998 to 2000. ... The study also revealed that safer sex messages were more common in shows that have characters involved in a sexual intercourse and teens in sexual situations both nearly twice the rate found four years ago. ... These babies often times suffer from neglect and abuse since their mothers don't fully know how to raise and care for a child. ... They may originate from backgrounds with single parent ho...

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First she has the option to use contraception during sexual intercourse, this being condoms, birth control, spermicidal, you name it its out there. ... They should be educated on the proper way to take care of oneself when pregnant and receive help for any alcohol and or drug abuse. ...

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We can no longer look the other way when it comes to the youth and the issues that we face today whether it is drugs or alcohol abuse, crime, sexual orientation, sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy. ... These children are far more likely to grow up in poverty, to have more health problems, to suffer from higher rates of abuse and neglect, to fail in school, to become teen mothers or fathers themselves, to commit delinquent acts and adult crimes, and to incur failed adult marriages and other relationships. ... I believe if you are going to be sexually active, teens must know the fact...

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Almost half of teenage girls engage in sexual intercourse by the time they turn 18. ... When teenagers do not seek these health services, they not only forego the use of contraception, but they also lack appropriate health care and undergo treatment for several sexually transmitted diseases. "Every year three million U.S. teenagers contract a sexually transmitted disease. ... If teenagers have to ask for approval from parents and are not given permission to get the birth control pills, they will still have sexual intercourse. ... Some justifiably fear that disclosure to their parents wil...

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Unemployment, pollution, civil war, cloning, birth control, drug abuse, overpopulation, teen pregnancy, paternity leave, and abortion are some of these issues. ... In these countries average age of marriage ascends, sexual activity before marriage is getting more. ... But there are some "myths" that is believed to be able to prevent pregnancy such as having sexual intercourse during the girl's period, douching vagina with cola to rinse out the sperm, removing penis from vagina before ejaculation. ...

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The most obvious of these cases would be the ones where the fetus was created as a result of sexual crime: rape or incest. ... There is a moral distinction between women who purposely had sexual intercourse, knowing it could make them pregnant, and women who were not seeking sex. ... This argument is essentially dead as, in the past 25 years, we have not had a decreased in battered children, but an explosion in battered children and child abuse. ...

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Recently, while looking through some Newsday archives , I was horrified to have found an article stating that Congress and President Bush just passed a partial abortion ban law. The law bans abortion after the second trimester during the pregnancy and also bans partial-abortion. This is a very ser...

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This is similar to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by combat veterans and victims of natural disasters, rape, and child abuse. ... A person believing him or herself to be adequately mature to engage in sexual activities must be responsible and accept the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, abortion has become the trendiest form of birth control for irresponsible participants of sexual relations. ...

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Other women say that they get abortions because they have gone through a physical trauma or abuse. ... If you know that all actions have consequences, a person should be able to take responsibility for their actions, in exception of women being beaten or sexually abused in my opinion of course. ...

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Some teenagers and woman abuse abortion as a form of birth control. Many woman have used legal abortions as a drastic form of contraception, due to carelessness or ignorance of better methods. Abortion should remain legalized for the fact that if it's not kept legal many women perform illegal ab...

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"They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act" this quote found the in Catechism outlines this point and highlights the significance of procreation as a natural process. ... Human Dignity is also challenged during IVF as many zygotes are frozen and therefore "stuck in limbo" which is a direct abuse of human dignity as is the purposeful termination of unused zygotes. ...

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