Being active and eating a healthy array of foods are essential to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Unfortunately, many children across the country are not taught to take control of what they eat and how they work their bodies. They live sedentary lifestyles- blobs in front of TV and video games. Eating junk food and drinking [...]
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM). This annual campaign is “designed to help communities recognize that the effects of unintended teen pregnancy and early childbearing are far-reaching.”
Teens need proper education and instruction on the importance of reproductive health.
The Guttmacher Institute has provided these facts:
Each year, almost 750,000 women aged 15–19 become pregnant. Overall, [...]
I am the mother of a 17-year-old daughter, and I consider myself to be (at least reasonably) politically aware. You’d think those two facts would lead to some general knowledge of sexual health legislative issues—particularly those that directly, and profoundly, affect the young women of our state.
But I am here to tell you that to [...]
