Teen pregnancy the newest fad in social problems has been plaguing the news lately. The society has been trying to "fix" the problem. What does it really take to fix a problem of this stature? What about $30 million dollars? As if we haven't tried to bandage this wound with band-aids why not through money on top of it? The tax payers are already emptying their pockets to pay for welfare and WIC but now there may or may not people a governmental push for more money. There has not been a proven program that lowers teen pregnancies so what will the $30 million dollars actually go to? The article from wwl.com says that there will be pushes to even ask out faith-based institutions for help with this.
In my own opinion the only thing that will "fight" this social problem is a culture shift. Maybe teen pregnancy will be less prevalent or more accepted but what will an extra $30 million dollars help?
-Alice McElroy
$30 Mil to prevent teen pregnancy?
I agree that a culture shift would probably result in lower teen pregnancy rates. However, I think that the American super-sexed up culture is here to stay.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I also think that in our culture teens are going to have sex, it is unavoidable. I think the money would best be spent by spending the money on improving access to contraception and education.
Taylor Z.
I agree that there is no amount of money that will change this growing epidemic. Especially with the sexually charged movies, tv shows, and advertising there is no way that spending money on abstinence videos will stop teens from doing it.
ReplyDeleteThis is similar to poverty, it is a world issue that will never stop completely. Access to contraception is key. Other than that, it is pretty much out of our control.
Kelsey P.
That 30 million dollars will only help teen pregnancy if it used for contraception and sex education. I agree that faith based organization are going to have a problem with forking over money to help pregnant teens, especially since sex before marriage is a big no no in most religions.
ReplyDeleteTeenage pregnancy is not a new thing - it has been happening for decades, they just had clever ways to cover it up and/or make it seem like it was all a part of the plan. In a culture like ours that is hyper sexual, the issue of teenage pregnancy is on the forefront, especially because we are looking for someone to blame. No amount of money will "fix" the issue. Perhaps new curriculum in schools focusing less on abstinence and more on protecting themselves could be beneficial.
ReplyDelete-Andrea W
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I don't think investing more money will "fix" this problem. I do think that investing more money into our education system would be beneficial. I think that for the most part this oversexualized culture is going to be around for a long time. Maybe making birth control more available to high schoolers might also help the problem, however it won't "solve" the problem.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of back and fourth however with political parties, faith based organizations and such that disagree with making birth control more available. This is going to be an argument which will never really be agreed upon.
Sarah D
I wrote my comment on Feb 24th at 3:01 pm and forgot to sign my name. Sorry!
ReplyDelete-Kristen,M