I know everybody has different opinions, and you are welcome to yours, but MY opinion is that abstinence is the way to go. Wait until you are old enough to get married, then get married before you start having sex - the children that result are then purely a blessing, not a problem. Here is a great article relating to that:
Article source: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/654820,5_1_WA17_TEENSEX_S1.article
"A teen abstinence program, funded through a $2 million federal grant, aims to reduce births to teens under the age of 18 in North Chicago.
The Lake County Health Department's Family Life Education program received a $2 million, five-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will be used to fund the Families in Our Community United for Success (FOCUS) program, which will provide abstinence services targeting North Chicago youth and their parents."
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Fears regarding teen pregnancy rate in Inverclyde
Seems to me there should be fears regarding teen pregnancy rate right around the world. Issues such as self esteem need to be dealt with. I'm all for having kids, but I think it should be a choice, and if you're still a kid yourself - you definitely need to get educated about making that choice.
Here's an interesting article relating to the rate in Inverclyde:
Article source: http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=16676"
Fears over teen pregnancy rate
"THE rate of teenage pregnancy in Inverclyde is higher than the Scottish average.
Latest figures covering the period to 2005 reveal an overall drop in the rate of teenage pregnancies in the area, from 66.6 per 1,000 15 to 19-year-olds in 1994, to 58.5 per 1,000 in 2005. But the figure is still above the Scottish average of 56.7 per 1,000.
The lowest number of teenage pregnancies occurred in Inverclyde in 2003, when 52.3 out of every 1,000 15 to 19-year-olds were pregnant, less than the Scottish average of 54.4.
Inverclyde MSP Duncan McNeil described the figures as "disappointing".
He told the Tele: "In Scotland there is an increase overall, and a slight dip in Inverclyde. We must redouble our efforts to give teenagers a greater expection in life and tackle the issue of low self-esteem arising from that."
Here's an interesting article relating to the rate in Inverclyde:
Article source: http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=16676"
Fears over teen pregnancy rate
"THE rate of teenage pregnancy in Inverclyde is higher than the Scottish average.
Latest figures covering the period to 2005 reveal an overall drop in the rate of teenage pregnancies in the area, from 66.6 per 1,000 15 to 19-year-olds in 1994, to 58.5 per 1,000 in 2005. But the figure is still above the Scottish average of 56.7 per 1,000.
The lowest number of teenage pregnancies occurred in Inverclyde in 2003, when 52.3 out of every 1,000 15 to 19-year-olds were pregnant, less than the Scottish average of 54.4.
Inverclyde MSP Duncan McNeil described the figures as "disappointing".
He told the Tele: "In Scotland there is an increase overall, and a slight dip in Inverclyde. We must redouble our efforts to give teenagers a greater expection in life and tackle the issue of low self-esteem arising from that."
Monday, November 12, 2007
Texas teens lead nation in birth rate
While the national teen birth rate has slowed, Texas has made far less headway, alarming public health officials and child advocates.
Texas teens lead the nation in having babies. Last month, the nonprofit group Child Trends conferred another No. 1 ranking on Texas. In the latest statistics available, 24 percent of the state's teen births in 2004 were not the girl's first delivery.
"That astounded me," said Kathryn Allen, senior vice president for community relations at Planned Parenthood of North Texas. "I mean, what are we doing wrong?"
Texas' policy is to deny contraceptives without parental consent wherever possible and to push an abstinence-only sex education program in public schools.
Experts, though, are questioning that approach.
Source: http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa071105_wz_birthrate.1deae6750.html
Texas teens lead the nation in having babies. Last month, the nonprofit group Child Trends conferred another No. 1 ranking on Texas. In the latest statistics available, 24 percent of the state's teen births in 2004 were not the girl's first delivery.
"That astounded me," said Kathryn Allen, senior vice president for community relations at Planned Parenthood of North Texas. "I mean, what are we doing wrong?"
Texas' policy is to deny contraceptives without parental consent wherever possible and to push an abstinence-only sex education program in public schools.
Experts, though, are questioning that approach.
Source: http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa071105_wz_birthrate.1deae6750.html
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