Whereas:
Planned Parenthood is to merge with Reproductive Health organizations and
expand services to include the counseling of men and women for pregnancy
prevention, rape prevention, domestic violence prevention, child abuse
prevention and other issues related to reproductive health. Schools
beginning in middle school are to be the recipients of this service as well.
Whereas 17.7
million American women have
been victims of attempted or completed rape.
Whereas
Planned Parenthood is to provide low to no cost pregnancy prevention for
males.
Whereas
Planned Parenthood is to lead research for developing a pregnancy
prevention pill/medication for males.
Where as in 2010, teen pregnancy and
childbirth accounted for at least $9.4 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers
for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates
among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower
educational attainment and income among teen mothers. Pregnancy and birth
are significant contributors to high school dropout rates among girls.
Whereas: Only about 50% of
teen mothers receive a high school diploma by 22 years of age, versus approximately
90% of women who have not given birth during adolescence. The children of
teenage mothers are more likely to have lower school achievement and drop
out of high school, have more health problems, be incarcerated at some time
during adolescence, give birth as a teenager, and face unemployment as a
young adult. Planned Parent can
target males who lLack of knowledge of sexual issues, HIV, other STDs, and
pregnancy (including methods of prevention).
Whereas According to the CDC the leading cause of death among women who were
pregnant is homicide and accounted for 20% of deaths among that group,
compared with 6% of deaths among non-pregnant women of reproductive
age.
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