Word: pregnant
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Local health officials told The New York Times that the decision was made to distribute the pill at the middle school in light of the fact that 17 students there have become pregnant in the past few years. Their argument was that if a small minority of the school is sexually active, the school should provide the resources to all, regardless of their age, to protect that minority. Although these circumstances may have precipitated the need for such a measure, providing the pill to middle school students without parental permission is nonetheless inappropriate and contradictory to the purpose of public...
...film disappoints in its attempts at being a character-driven drama. The players serve as little more than well-established stereotypes, from the anguished pregnant wife who will stop at nothing to discover what has happened to her husband, to the green CIA operative with a conscience...
...this hip-hop diva is rumored to be pregnant. But the Bronx-born entertainer also has a new album, and El Cantante, in which she co-stars with hubby Marc Anthony, comes out on dvd Oct. 30. Jennifer Lopez will now take your questions...
...Parents may be in denial, officials suggested, they may fervently want children to delay sexual activity, but if you know for a fact that kids are having sex then the responsible thing to do is to warn them about sexually transmitted diseases and help prevent them from getting pregnant. The message was not "value neutral": "We do certainly sit down and speak with them about why that's not a good choice," said Portland's school nurse coordinator Amanda Rowe, referring to sexually active students. "But there are some who persist - even though we don't like to think about...
...teacher, the most important thing is that all kids get a quality education. There are millions of kids that aren't in school. When I was in Latin America, I met many kids, including Ana, who were forced to drop out of school. Ana had to when she became pregnant. Education is what breaks the cycles of poverty, illness and abuse. If all kids around the world could get a quality education, I think our world would be a better place...