Sex Education in Schools

Teen Pregnancy can be prevented.

This is what teens should be doing. But many teens find themselves having babies.

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33% of students in this class have children who may be in public school or children who will be in public school in the future.

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Problem of teen pregnancy The causes of teen pregnancy How can we become more involved in

helping solve this problem?

Main Points

The teen pregnancy rate is increasing by the day.

Main Point One:

According to the online article “State Policies and Sex Education in Schools” by The National Conference of State Legislatures, “Three in 10 girls will be pregnant at least once before their 20th birthday.”

Statistics compiled by the Guttmacher Institute shows that the United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world.

Negative effects Education can be

affected: put on hold or drop out.

If teen parents cannot pay for their children, tax payers will eventually be responsible for the cost: health care, nutrition, etc.

Main Point TwoTwo causes to this teen pregnancy.

One cause is that teens do not know how to prevent pregnancy.

A second cause is that schools do not provide sex education until after teens engage in sexual relations.

Two causes contribute to this problem.

Main Point Three:Early prevention and teaching sex education before the problem.

Sex education should be taught earlier to prevent teen pregnancy.

Early education could prevent teen pregnancy. Public schools should be given funds to be equipped to teach sex

education.

Works Cited

Chen, Grace. “Public Schools and Sex Education.” PublicSchoolsReview.com.  

30 January 2014. Web. 18 March 2014 Guttmacher Institute. “Facts on American Teens’ Sources on Information About  

Sex.” www.guttmacher.org. Feb. 2012. Web. 20 March 2014.    National Conference of State Legislatures. Guttmacher Institute. “Why is Sex  

Education taught in schools?” 2 Feb. 2014. Web. 18 March 2014. 

Seibold, Steve. “It’s Time to Make Sex Education Mandatory in Our Nations  

Schools.” HuggingtonPost.com. 09 April 2013. Web. 19 March 2014.