1. Assignments of Jeanette Vanderlip

2. My name is Jeanette. I was born and raised here in Arizona. I graduated from Mesa High School, and married my high school sweet heart. We are still married after 17 years, and we have a daughter who is a sophomore at Skyline High School. She turns 16 this December. I have been working in the medical field for the past 16 1/2 years as a medical assistant, and going back to school for my RN. My favorite place to vacation is Mexico, so the picture I am posting is from there. My husband and I are taking our daughter on our first cruise to Mexico in May. We all can't wait.

3. Story My mother got pregnant at the age of 16, and back then that was something you just didn't do. My grandparents were going to make her have an abortion, so instead she ran away and married my father. She ended up having 4 children with him, and a divorce, and never saw him again. Growing up with my mom, wasn't always a great. I know she did her best. As we became teens, she always preached to us not to have sex. Never the whys, just the do as I say. My brother did have a son his senior year of high school, and luckily everything turned out okay. I did get pregnant my 9th grade year, and miscarried. Looking back, I am great full. My life wouldn't be what it is today. I am still with the same guy, we did get married and have a child today. We have been married 17 years, but if we have that child in 9th grade we probably wouldn't have the life together that we have made. I think parents have to be there for their children, help them, try to teach them before mistakes are made. I know that my mom yelling at us all the time just wanted us to get away from her, we were not listening to her at all.

4. Let’s Party! This article that I found is a little frightening. First of all teens are having babies at a young age, but then they are partying on top of that. This article is about teen parents came home one night drunk and high from a party and thought it was funny to duct tape their toddler son to the way, along with his sipping cup - where he couldn't reach it. They thought it was so funny they took pictures, and showed them off at a later time. Luckily, someone turned them in and they are both serving time. This just shows that teens are not ready for being parents or partying at this age. They are still kids themselves. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978580696 http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978580696

5. Analysis The cartoon I found shows that teens are not taught correctly and safe sex. I also feel that a lot of parents don't want to talk to their children so they leave it up to the schools to talk and teach their child. The teens today are not getting the full message. They are being told not to have sex, but not being told if they do have sex how to protect themselves properly. I feel the cartoon I found shows this exactly. http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/81636/

6. continued In the graph I found it shows the rate of teenage births between countries, United States is the highest and the lowest is Luxembourg. United States is ranked number 1 in the highest number of teen births, at 494,357 births. Looking at this chart it is a little scary to see that number 2 is at 30,413 births. That is a huge difference. The United States is way out of control with teen pregnancy. We really need to try and get this under control, because it will just continue to get worse. http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tee_pre-health-teenage- pregnancy http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_tee_pre-health-teenage- pregnancy

7. By Jeanette Vanderlip

8. About Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading sexual health care provider. They are locally governed nationwide, and operate more than 825 health centers. For more than 90 years, they have worked to help keep women and teens healthy and safe, to prevent unintended pregnancies, and to advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.

9. Educating the Community Provides teens with honest sexuality and relationship information in classrooms and online to help reduce our nation’s alarmingly high rates of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Today about 1.2 million youths and adults use Planned Parenthood educational programs every year.

10. Services offered General Health Care Birth Control Morning After (Emergency Contraception) Abortion Men’s Sexual Health Sex & Sexuality Counseling STD Counseling Women’s Health

11. Birth Control They will schedule appointments with teens and keep it private. (not notify parents) They will go over all options of birth control and make sure the teen is choosing the best option for them and that the teen knows how to use that form of birth control.

12. Abortion Abortions are becoming very common, more than 1 out of every 3 women have had an abortion by the time they are 45 years old. If you become pregnant you have options. Planned Parenthood, will help you learn and understand these options. You will also want to learn about parenting and adoption. There are 2 types of abortions in the U.S. – in-clinic abortions and the abortion pill. Only you can decide what is best for you. But the staff at Planned Parenthood can be there to help you understand your options and make sure you understand them fully and see that you find the correct services you need. If you are under 18, you may need your parents signature for this procedure.

13. STDs Counsel on sexually transmitted diseases Test for sexually transmitted disease’s Help counsel to prevent sexual transmitted disease’s Make sure teens understand what STD’s are and what the long term effects can be

14. Relationships Counseling on relationships – making sure everyone knows what should be in a relationship Healthy relationships include six basic qualities — respect, honesty and trust, fairness and equality, and good communication. If someone is not in a healthy relationship, there is help available.

15. Pregnancy Counseling for teens, on how pregnancy happens. Planned Parenthood offers prenatal care during pregnancy, for teens and adults.

16. Resources http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health- topics/abortion-4260.asp http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health- topics/abortion-4260.asp http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health- topics/birth-control-4211.htm http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health- topics/birth-control-4211.htm