adolescent parenting
By Silvia Henriquez, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health July 6, 2009 - 7:00am
Information about Latina teen pregnancy and childbirth should be presented in a way that enables the public to understand the exact dimension and context of the issue.
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By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check May 21, 2009 - 7:00am
The nation with the highest adolescent pregnancy and birth rates in the industrialized world has not figured out how to meet the educational needs of pregnant and parenting teens. In fact, we're going the other direction - gutting the too-rare programs that have developed to meet the unique needs of teen parents.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround February 17, 2009 - 5:24pm
In a stroke of media mastery, Bristol Palin harnessed the Palin family-doting Fox News last night to announce a powerful message for policy makers: abstinence only is "not realistic."
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround October 9, 2008 - 7:00am
Recent public displays of contraceptive failure by girls of
visibility and means gives the misleading appearance that teen
motherhood might be a lifestyle upgrade.
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We can give young women a chance to be great parents if our policies match our purported goals for future generations. Will our presidential and vice-presidential candidates support us, too?
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Let's make something clear from the get-go: Making a choice about a pregnancy is a big deal, it's something you -- far more than anyone else -- will live with the most. So the person your choice should be most okay with is you.
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It is past time for our country to establish programs and policies that would help young parents like me access the health care, education and economic support we need.
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By Karyn Brownson, New York Civil Liberties Union June 26, 2008 - 7:00am
Pact or no pact, public furor over the teen pregnancy spike in Gloucester, Massachusetts, reveals our profound discomfort with teens who decide, for whatever reason, that they want to have children.
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The take-home message from the teen pregnancy boom in Gloucester is clear: we must be prepared to talk openly and honestly about sexuality with our 'tween and teen children.
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One third of young women who drop out of high school cite pregnancy and/or motherhood as the reason. But in recent years, special schools for pregnant students have been phased out in favor of mainstreaming. What's next?
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