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…up the child for adoption"(5). In 1996 55% of pregnant women were teenagers (6). These statistics exist because the girls are given most of the responsibility when it comes to preventing and dealing with pregnancy, when in fact sex is not a one person…

…teenagers and young adults frequently abuse alcohol and never think about the physical, mental, and emotional toll that alcohol can have on a person's life. Alcoholism usually begins with social drinking then a person will find excuses to drink more often. When…

…the World: Reading and Writing about Issues of the Day (pp. 257 - 263). Boston: Bedford: St. Martins. Luker, K. (1996). Dubious Deceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy. In C.R. Cooper & S.P. Macdonald, Writing the World: Reading and Writing about…

…must be taken before or near the time of birth and, if they are not passed (as, unfortunately, the case would be with most teenage pregnancies), the child would either be put up for adoption to a licensed candidate or held in a foster home until such time…

…American culture has made a drastic change in expression since the 1980's. Nationwide concerns such as abortions, teen pregnancies, and suicides used to be hush, hush issues throughout America. Although the problems existed, people did not talk about…

…birth, this is called maternal death), the mother of Edward, Anne of Cleves (divorced), Catherine Howard (beheaded, as Henry believed she was cheating on him, called adultery) who was still only a teenager (and Henry was 45! ) when they got married…

…teachers to earn tenure, not only for themselves but for the students as well. Familiar teachers become the students friends, and topics such as sex, AIDS, teenage pregnancy and religion might not be so difficult to discuss. We need personal discussion…

…Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and is illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn…

…Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth and is morally wrong. An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a foetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless, innocent children and illegal in many countries. By aborting these unborn…

…opened a house for mothers with unwanted pregnancies, a house for alcoholics, drug addicts and the homeless. In many big cities, Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity have soup kitchens every day. In the 1980’s she opened homes for aids patients all…