.]Yet the Child Trends data show that 31% of sexually experienced teens used no birth control at their most recent sexual intercourse" (Wetzstein, 2002, p
it's the only state where schoolchildren repeat the pledge to both the American flag and the state flag - the long star flag of Texas. But how are Texas parents and schools handling the matter of teen pregnancy? An article (Garrett, 2007) in the Dallas Morning News indicates that things are getting out of control
about condoms and contraception in a 'balanced and accurate' manner," Hurley concludes. The subject of that federal law regarding the teaching of abstinence-only in order to qualify for money from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was addressed in a research article in Education Week (Samuels, 2006) ("GAO Opinion Renews Debate on Abstinence-Only Programs")
Abstinence does not work, and teens should be allowed to obtain birth control as protection against teen pregnancy. Many conservatives want to shut down clinics that offer birth control choices to teens (Scully 4)
Studies indicate that most teen mothers do not finish high school, and spend much of their lives in poverty. They also indicate many children of teenage mothers will grow up to be teenage mothers themselves (Simmons A21)
This has had dramatic effects in many nations of the world, and perhaps China most extremely. Population Growth and Fertility Rates The primary reason for China's implementation of strict birth control policies, beginning in the 1950s and continuing in various forms until the resent day, is to curb the massive growth that the increasingly crowded and still largely impoverished country has experienced (Hsu 1985; Xiaokang 1996)
There are also benefits of the program that are not directly related to the issue of population growth. The increasing industrialization and modernization of China, at least insofar as its urban areas are concerned, has led to a breakdown of the traditional Chinese family structure, and the economic realities have shifted in a way that favor smaller families rather than the large extended networks and multitude of offspring that traditional Chinese culture and economics makes a practical and ethical imperative (Jacka 2007; Xiaokang 1996)
2009; Xiaokang 1996). Medical complications arising from improperly performed abortions and self-abortion attempts have been reduced to some degree by government contraception programs, which has led many to see promise in the continuing efforts by the Chinese government to limit China's population growth through these means, especially if further educational efforts and rural availability of contraception is increased (Li et al
2009). Increasing participation in government-supplied contraceptive programs has been a key element of the government's success in its birth control efforts, and though the population in China continues to rise in large absolute terms, the growth rate has been diminished (Peng 2000)
The problem could have been avoided by population control, in which mankind consciously adjusted the birth rate so that the "death rate solution" did not have to occur. (Ehrlich, 1968, pp
Six out of ten married Catholic women of childbearing age are actually using some form of contraception." (Greeley, 1992, p
Only he who fails to grasp this secret of the Church's vitality will suppose that a norm once made is made to be repeated forever, however inappropriate it may have become. (Noonan: p
Simply put, the more people inhabiting our finite planet, the greater the stress on its resources. (Weber, 1991, p
Meanwhile, proponents of such programs point out that fewer than 20% of teens indicate that they would seek parental advice on the matter and would not participate in seeking information on or access to birth control where parental notification was required (Russell, 2008). That is particularly troubling in light of the tremendous decrease in teen pregnancy where birth control is available without such restrictions (Asmar, 2005)
Opponents believe that providing birth control information and devices to teenagers encourages them to become sexually active earlier than they would have otherwise (Russell, 2008). The available data actually supports the value of giving birth control to teenagers, suggesting that the proper use rate among teenagers is approximately 70% (Hench, 2007)
According to that view, the abstinence-only approach to sex education is ineffective. Opponents believe that providing birth control information and devices to teenagers encourages them to become sexually active earlier than they would have otherwise (Russell, 2008)
¶ … Teenagers Birth Control Proponents believe that it is the key to reducing teenage pregnancy rates, which is a view supported by many pediatricians (Tanner, 2005)
The stem of infertile wort or bishop's hat, Epimediendum alpinum L. Or Botrychium Lunaria which is a plant that has not with confidence been acknowledged - produces sterility; when the keenly ground leaves of this plant are set to the sum of five drachms in wine after menstruation (E., N
Pregnancies were ended through a number of approaches, and that does include the application of abort made herbs, the handling of extremely sharp tools, the necessity of putting pressure on the abdominal and other methods. During the course of a lot of years people were eager to do whatever they could to make sure fertility did not happen and prevent pregnancies (McLaren, 1990, pg
Lots of these approaches had nothing to do with sexual intercourse or the performance of creating a child and, clearly, had slight if any influence on birth control. Such approaches were dances, charms and certain rites (Riddle, 1992, pg