Abortion In an article written by Diane Dew‚ titled The Trouble Teens Face‚ It was stated that in recent years the media has been flooded with articles about the problems teens face. These problems range from drugs and violence‚ to pregnancy and abortion. I want discuss abortion because it is such an important issue for my generation. Since the 19th century English common law forbade abortion. Abortion prior to quickening was a misdemeanor and then a felony. In 1967 the first two states to
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there are a few things society could do to prevent it. Excessive teenage pregnancy could be controlled with appropriate media‚ more readily available birth control‚ and people to set good examples for young women. Just flipping through the channels on a Saturday afternoon you can see all sorts of inappropriate media full of sexual suggestions. Even aside from all the sex scenes in movies‚ there are shows SPECIFICALLY about teen pregnancy. Shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant make pregnancy
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a law enforced curfew be a beneficial strategy to keep teens out of trouble? A city council is debating the adoption of a ten p.m. weekday curfew and a midnight weekend curfew for teenagers. If the curfew is adopted‚ teenagers on the streets after those hours would be breaking the law. A curfew for teenagers would positively affect their lives. I believe that an enforced curfew would be very beneficial. Teenagers’ safety is an extremely important reason for a curfew. If teens are off of the
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drop out of high school each year. “In several of the largest school systems across the country -- from Baltimore to Cleveland to Atlanta and Oakland‚ Calif. -- half of the students are dropping out.” (ABCNews). Why are these students dropping out? The reasons are anonymous and exceedingly many. Students drop out for all the wrong reasons. And what he or she does not consider is the future that lies ahead of them. All those decisions he or she may think are acceptable for dropping out are
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law that forces teens to be home at a certain hour or receive harsh punishments? “Age is not an accomplishment‚ and youth is not a sin” (Robert Heinlein). When a curfew is established the effected people‚ who are the teenagers‚ are not asked for their vote or opinion‚ they are not being allowed to exercise their freedom of speech. Although some people believe that there should be a law made for children to be home at a certain hour‚ government should not be allowed to mandate curfews for children and
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are old enough to go out and stay late forgetting that they are still children and have many other years to experience life. A child can sometimes not be as wise as an older person. When they are out with their friends they can do things that could get them into trouble and all because they thought it would be fun. A child under the age of 16 should have a curfew. A curfew can help children learn that sleep is essential‚ they can learn about responsibility‚ and it could keep children safe. In a
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A curfew is needed for people who stay out late and cause mischief. Towns without a curfew have higher crime rates than those who refuse or do not have a set curfew. Three things that I believe can be hindered by adding a curfew are vandalism‚ kidnappings‚ and drunk driving. These types of deviant actions are mostly done late at night and a curfew would immensely help the rates of these three crimes go way down. (http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v1n2/males.html) Vandalism is a problem for many towns across
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Curfew is and always will be a problem for teenagers. When you tell a teen what to do they go totally against your word. Most teenagers feel that they need liberty and need to enjoy their lives. Recently‚ the city council is considering a curfew that will make it illegal for all jersey city teens to be out on the streets after 10pm. Freedom means a lot to teenagers and if that gets taken away‚ they will be practically left with nothing. The curfew law can effect adolescents negatively because many
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adoption of a 10 p.m. weekday curfew and midnight curfew for teenagers. If this curfew is adopted‚ teenagers on the streets after those hours would be considered breaking the law. I support this adoption because we would be keeping the city safer and keeping the young adults safe and out of trouble after dark. To begin with‚ this curfew will keep them out of trouble after the adopted times. Not saying that we could stop all of them from going out after this curfew and catch them‚ but we could enforce
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A new phrase has rapidly become familiar in schooling: "opt-out." Across the nation‚ hundreds of thousands of students are refusing to take state reading and math tests. The opinion is vary from people to people. Advocates of the opt-out test say that standardized test will result in student’s unbalanced learning and judge teachers unfairly. Opponents of opt-out test say that standardized test will close the achievement gap. In my opinion‚ the students should refuse to attend the standardized test
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