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Teenage pregnancy : opposing viewpoints
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Teenage pregnancy : opposing viewpoints

Author: Stephen P Thompson
Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, ©1997.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen P Thompson
ISBN: 1565105621 9781565105621 1565105613 9781565105614
OCLC Number: 35955180
Description: 190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Teenage pregnancy is a serious problem / Suzanne Fields -- The problem of teenage pregnancy is exaggerated by the media / Janine Jackson -- Illegitimacy is society's most serious problem / Charles Murray -- Illegitimacy and teen pregnancy are not society's main problems / Sue Woodman -- Teenage pregnancy causes poverty and poor health / Lloyd Eby and Charles A. Donovan -- Pregnancy improves some teens' lives / Mike Males -- Poverty is a cause of teenage pregnancy / Ruth Rosen -- Teenage pregnancy is a cause of poverty / Charles Krauthammer -- Welfare encourages teenage pregnancy / Donald Lambro -- Welfare does not encourage teenage pregnancy / Barbara Vobeja -- Sexual abuse is a factor in teenage pregnancy / Joe Klein -- Adult men are largely responsible for teenage pregnancy / Linda Villarosa -- Lack of parental influence is a factor in teenage pregnancy / Kay S. Hymowitz -- Sex education can prevent teenage pregnancy / Jane Mauldon and Kristin Luker -- Most sex education programs fail to prevent teenage pregnancy / Barbara Dafoe Whitehead -- Contraceptives help prevent teenage pregnancy / The Alan Guttmacher Institute -- Contraceptives fail to prevent teenage pregnancy / Charmaine Crouse Yoest -- Teaching abstinence can prevent teenage pregnancy / Patricia Funderburk -- Teaching abstinence is not a realistic approach / Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- Ending welfare benefits will reduce teenage pregnancy / James M. Talent and Mona Charen -- Ending welfare benefits will devastate teenage mothers / Mike Males -- Maternity homes would deter teenage pregnancy / George W. Liebmann -- Maternity homes would unfairly punish pregnant teenagers / Katha Pollitt -- Enforcing statutory rape laws would reduce teenage pregnancy / Arnold Beichman -- Enforcing statutory rape laws is only a partial solution / Regina T. Montoya -- Requiring welfare recipients to work would reduce teenage pregnancy / Douglas J. Besharov -- Increased education and economic opportunity would reduce teenage pregnancy / Kristin Luker.
Series Title: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Responsibility: Stephen P. Thompson, book editor.

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