Abortion
The Guttmacher Institute, which advances sexual and reproductive health through an interrelated program of social science research, has concluded that each year two out of every one hundred women aged fifteen to forty-four have an abortion. Forty-eight percent of those women have had at least one previous abortion. The Guttmacher Institute has also found that fifty-two percent of women in the United States who have abortions are younger than twenty-five years old; Women aged twenty to twenty-four obtain thirty-three percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain nineteen percent (Jones RK, Darroch JE, and Henshaw SK.) Studies prove that the number of women having abortions is completely out of control, especially among young women.
A poll conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, concluded that ninety-four percent of adults in the United States believe teenagers should not engage in sexual activity until they are out of high school ("General Facts and Stats"). The Heritage Foundation also conducted a survey and found that forty-seven percent of parents want their teens to be taught that young people should not engage in sexual activity until they are married. Surprisingly, seventy-nine percent of parents want their teens to be taught that teen sexual activity will increase their chance of having psychological and physical problems. The survey also showed that forty-four percent of parents believe that teaching abstinence in school programs is more important than teaching about contraception ("What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs"). Since there are such large
numbers of parents that want their children to be taught only about abstinence, most schools are currently teaching sex education based on abstinence curriculums.
Although many adults want to believe their teens will not have sex until they are married, the majority of teens will start to have sex when they are in middle school...
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