Opinion
Staff Editorial
Teen pregnancy: in-school clinic can help
by Stephani Veff
Staff Writer
“Every 30 seconds, another
teenager in the United States
becomes pregnant,” according to
Carl Djerassi in an article from
Society magazine. Some 30,000
of these girls are under the age of
15, which has made the phrase
“children raising children” not
only alarming but accurate. Just
knowing a lot of scary statistics is
not going to solve this very real
and growing problem. Something
needs to be done, and soon.
Bringing sex education into the
classroom has not been quite the
success it was intended to be.
Simply being educated about
contraception has not helped
many of these teens. What they
really need is access to the con
traceptives they are being taught
about. In-school health clinics are
the solution to this problem.
In the schools that presently
have health clinics on campus,
the pregnancy rates have dropped
dramatically. The first school
based health clinic, which opened
in St. Paul, Minnesota 13 years
ago, has reduced the number of
teen pregnancies by 66 percent.
Locally, the Portland Public
School System has opened a
clinic at Roosevelt High School
with Jefferson, Marshall, and
Cleveland schools to follow.
Roosevelt’s clinic has been
operating a little over 11 months
with about 35 students using the
clinic each day and approximate
ly one-third of the student body
visiting the clinic at least once in
that amount of time. The clinic
offers many services including:
routine physical exams, sports
physicals, immunizations, treat
ment of minor illnesses and in
juries, reproductive health care,
and health care education/ pro
motion.
Cleveland High’s clinic is set to
open January 26, and was chosen
as a health clinic site because it
ranked fourth in the birth rate,
with 56 of every 1000 teenage
girls carrying pregnancies to full
term.
A little closer to home, here at
the college there is a health clinic
that is open to both students and
faculty. The clinic offers a variety
People need to recognize the
seriousness of teen pregnancy
and begin supporting those
clinics already in existence. The
problem will not go away by
itself, instead it will continue to
grow. If there is a school you
feel needs to adopt the idea ol
an in-school health clinic let the
school know; your children (oi
future children) will more than
likely thank you for it.
of services, including counseling
for birth control, at no charge. If
the staff is unable to help you
with your problem they will be
able to refer you to someone who
can. Also at the clinic you will
find a number of pamphlets on
the subject of pregnancy and con
traceptives which may prove to
be helpful, regardless of whether
you make an appointment with
one of the health clinic staff.
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Club controversy
uncovers prejudice
December 11, the Associated
Student Government of Clack
amas Community College ap
proved the Gay/Lesbian club by
a unanimous vote. The initiation
of the club has brought forth a
notable amount of controversy.
In the attempt to create this club,
signs announcing meetings have
been torn down and even burnt,
letters and phone calls have
registered complaint, why?
Prejudice.
“Pre” meaning before and
“Judicium” or judgment. It
means a preconceived, usually
unfavorable, idea.
Not to preach,but didn’t we
learn from the slavery issue? Or
how about women,(God Knows
we, men, are still learning th
one) didn’t we gain the necessa
knowledge that prejudice is goii
to be a major downfall of tho
judging?
Every time we hold out agair
a discrimination, be it racial,
sexual, we end up losing mo
than just our pride. We lose
money, through law suit
friends, because of segregatio
and lives because people ji
can’t get the idea of what t
others are fighting for.
It’s not to infringe on yc
rights or to take anything frc
you.
It’s freedom.
And in order to get it you ha
to give it to others.
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