Thursday, January 19, 2012
Education / Media NPT Reports: "I Thought Because I Lived in Brentwood, I Could Not Get Pregnant"
Posted by Jim Ridley on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:07 AM
Tonight, NPT-Channel 8 airs the latest in its ongoing series on the crises facing children's health in Tennessee — an ambitious project that has already tackled problems such as child obesity, infant mortality and mental health. The topic tonight is teen sexuality:
With Tennessee’s teen birth rate one of the highest in the nation, and more than a third of all Chlamydia cases reported in Tennessee found among teenagers, it’s clear that adolescents in the state are not prepared to make responsible choices around their sexuality. In the sixth installment of the NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis series, Nashville Public Television looks at what it will take to improve the numbers and lead adolescents to adulthood with their health intact.
Tune in 9 p.m. tonight on Channel 8.
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This is why Plan Parenthood is sooo needed! Teens can go there for help with STD's and BirthControl Pills, IUD's ,Patches and Condoms. The Right To Life(prolifers) movement is supporting an STD's movement with teens,that will end up taking the lives of teens.
At Plan Parent hood they can become educated about the best way to protect themselves from STD's and unwanted parenthood by using protection.
It might be a good idea to put Real Sex Education back in schools and ignore the right wingers.
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I wonder if this Mellisa is truly a Brentwood resident or one with a Brentwood
address, but in fact lives in Davidson County? There are hundreds with just
such an address. It really means nothing, but if so, is only used as a "Headliner"
for this story to show the problem is in all Economic areas.
