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Studio Two Ab - Gabriela Schiappacasse 1
Studio Two Ab - Gabriela Schiappacasse 1
Annotated Bibliography
Gabriela Schiappacasse
UWRT 1104
10/18/201
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Silverman, Lauren. “In Texas, Abstinence-Only Programs May Contribute to Teen Pregnancies.”
2018.
The developed article I chose came from National Public Radio, NPR, and was
heard on Morning Edition. In this article, we follow Jessica Chester, a teen mom from
Texas. Chester attended high school in Garland Texas and decided to attend the
University of Texas at Dallas to become a doctor. Chester said that, “I was top of the
class. I had a GPA of 4.5, a full-tuition scholarship to UTD. I was not the stereotypical
girl someone would look at and say, 'Oh, she's going to get pregnant and drop out of
school” but right before her senior year, Chester then 17, got pregnant and continued the
line of teen pregnancy just as her mother and grandmother had. I chose this article
because of the topic specific content it had and its relatability. With this article there is a
real-life story about someone who was affected by the lack of proper sexual education
she had been given. This article puts it into perspective for the audience that this isn’t just
a problem on paper, but something that is happening worldwide and only increasing from
here.
molecular biology and business administration. But the education she never got was sex
ed.” Another reason I chose this article was because it talks about how poverty and
education play a part in the increased teen pregnancy rates, but it also dives deeper than
just that. A new study co-authored by Dr. Julie DeCesare, of the University of Florida's
OB-GYN residency program in Pensacola, talks about how the level of education you
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receive, and your financial status aren’t the only things to blame for the increase in teen
pregnancy rates and that abstinence-only sexual education in schools is also at fault.
Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F., and David W. Hall. “Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy
Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S.” PLOS ONE, Public
2018.
The third source I found was a peer reviewed article from the website, Public Library of
Science, PLoS. This article, like the others, talked about how abstinence-only programs are
ineffective at preventing teen pregnancy and STD’s. The article focuses on the controversy of
abstinence-only education being taught in schools and its correlation to teen pregnancy in the
United States. “Using the most recent national data (2005) from all U.S. states with information
on sex education laws or policies (N = 48), we show that increasing emphasis on abstinence
education is positively correlated with teenage pregnancy and birth rates.” In the simplest terms,
the data shown in the study confirms my initial inquiry question about poor sexual
I chose this article because unlike the others, this is data driven. “These data show clearly
and may actually be contributing to the high teenage pregnancy rates in the U.S.” The article
proposes the integration of comprehensive sex and STD education into the biology curriculum in
middle and high school science classes to properly educate the youth on making educated sexual
decisions whether it be for the present or future. Lastly, I chose this article because it compares
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the rate of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. to that of other developed countries such as France,
Germany and the U.K. including this data puts the issue on a global scale for the audience. It
helps show that this problem is bigger than something that can be swept under the rug. The
article provides a counterargument in that “some argue that sex education that covers safe sexual
practices, such as condom use, sends a mixed message to students and promotes sexual activity”
but the data provided from the most recent national data (2005) from all U.S. States shows
otherwise.