Birth Control and Teenage Pregnancy.

Source: New York Times, 4/19/2012, p26, 0p

This article talks about an encouraging new report that shows a big decline in the rate of teenage births due to the use of contraceptives. It then brings insight to Congressional Republicans views on these reports, which they ignore, as they seek to dismantle reproductive health programs.This article supports my thesis because it talks about the decline in teenage pregnancy due to teenagers' use of birth control. From 2009 to 2010, the birth rate among young women ages 15 to 19 fell 9 percent, to 34.9 per thousand, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is a record low for the 65 years that data have been available, and a remarkable 44 percent drop from the 1991 rate. With less teenage pregnancy occurring, there will definitely be a decline in schools dropout rates caused by teenage pregnancies.

Title: Many factors at work to reduce teen pregnancies

Source:  USA Today

Commentary writer Patrick Welsh's musings on teen pregnancies at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., should be a source of embarrassment ("Why schools give birth control," The Forum, Wednesday).

This article focuses on the observation of a student and his colleagues, as they offer proof of how teenage pregnancy declined in the high school, due to the convenience use of getting contraceptives at the school. This supports my thesis by mentioning the upbringing of the use of contraceptives in the high school.

Welsh also cites national statistics that teenage births are down. That would, of course, include numbers from high schools without easy access to contraceptives. This is all very flawed logic, even by left-wing standards.

Title: Minister's Message: We Need a Different Sexual Revolution

Source: Hinduism Today

In the USA, according to Sorokin, the epidemic of teenage pregnancy "children having children," has become a public health crisis, and the divorce rate has doubled in ten years. Two-fifths of American youth live in single-parent homes for at least part of their youth. Although it would be improper to conclude that children from single-parent families cannot prosper, statistics show that they don't. In fact, they do worse in every dimension--physically, emotionally, behaviorally, educationally, economically and in terms of smoking and drinking abuses--than those from traditional families. They die earlier, perform more poorly in school, are less well nourished, suffer more unemployment, are more prone to deviance and crime, and are more susceptible to psychiatric illness. These sociological considerations that affect our understanding of sexual abstinence inspire us all the more in the practice of brahmacharya through thought, word and deed. The course of "children having children" aims directly to my thesis because it brings insight to the dangers  that might occur in the process of raising a young one at a tender age.

Title: Talking to our girls about sex
Source: Essence32. 11

 By taking a holistic approach to girls' development and truly maintaining responsibility for their spiritual, emotional, mental, physical and sexual development, parents can help them better navigate the challenges that come with puberty. Lamb discusses the importance of talking to one's daughter about sex.One thing most parents refuses to take not about is having 'The Talk' with their children. This article supports my thesis in the sense that it brings light to parents having mature discussions with their children on the subject of sex. Just as parents prepare their child to read, they have to prepare them to deal with their sexuality also. There is great importance in a parent talking about the consequences of a teenager having sex to their children.