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teen pregnancy
Title: teen pregnancy
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2184 | Pages: 9.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
teen pregnancy
Year in and year out in the U.S. nearly one million teenagers become pregnant--at
enormous costs to themselves, their children, and even society. While the facts are clear, the
issues of teenage pregnancy are complicated by our conflicting attitudes and ideals. In a recent
advertisement for Pepsi-cola, Britney Spears, teen-pop idol, is seen groping herself and
performing dance moves indicative of sex, She’s not alone in this world of promoting
promiscuity, sex …showed first 75 words of 2184 total…
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and those in higher-income families. (2)
The fathers of babies born to teenage mothers are likely to be older than the women: Half of
the fathers of babies born to women aged 15-17 are 20 years of age or older. About one in 5
of all teenage mothers had a partner six or more years older. (1)
Some 74% of women who had intercourse before age 14 and 60% of those who had sex
before age 15 report having had sex involuntarily. (3)
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