1 in 5 Americans between the ages of 15 and 55 are currently infected with one or more sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). 12 million Americans are newly infected each year. Is this a result of ignorance or is it because they weren't provided with the right information to protect themselves? A...

The History of Birth Control I was interested in finding out what they used for birth control in Colonial times. I found this topic to be very interesting since there's usually no such mention of it in textbooks. Before I started looking for information I thought that the only thing I w...

Teen PregnancyThere are a lot of teen mothers growing up in this world wondering, what if I would have stayed in school? What could I have become? Would it have made my life easier if I had thought first?Teens don't think of the consequences of their actions. They don't think that the af...

Can Anyone Else Do? Young teenagers in today's day in age are taking on the great responsibility as parents. As foolish as it may sound, it is very true. Statistics show that there are 47 pregnancies for every 1000 teenagers between the ages of 15-19. Teenagers are not realizing the risk t...

In the past two weeks our morality class has heard the view points from two presentations ranging from Pre-Marital Intercourse to Artificial Contraception. These two presentations have brought about a lot of information and view points and opinions. These two topics tie into each other too. If you ...

Every citizen in Canada is guaranteed specific democratic and legal rights which are set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, in the case of Bethany Hughes, a sixteen-year old girl who refused blood transfusions due to certain religious beliefs, and then was given dozens of b...

2. Is Abortion Morally Permissible? Abortion involves the intentional killing of an innocent human being. Many people believe that in certain circumstances, abortion is morally permissible. So, how is it possible for abortion not to be murder? Murder unquestionably violates a person's right ...

Abortion There are two views on abortions. The pro-lifer's believe that an abortion at any time is wrong. The pro-choice's think that a woman should have the choice to abort the fetus before it becomes conscious. I am a strong believer in pro-life. I feel that an abortion of any kind...