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Show ! 8 1" The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, November Unwanted - NEW YORK (UPI) Unwanted e pregnancies in America now are at epidemic proportions, the Planned Parenthood Federation of Americ a declared Thursday in a new report and Carter for appealed to President-elec- t aid in reducing the problem of children bearing children. The report included an eight-pom- t program for national action. Planned Parent hood's President Jack Hood Vaughn sad hp hopes the problem win be a first order of business for trie new Carter administration and for state and community leadership nationwide One in 10 teen-agebecomes prepregnangnant each year. The teen-ag- e cy rate in America, at 68 per 1,000 is higher than in 18 females, countries. Japan at five per 1,000 is the countries include Ruslowest. Low-rat- e sia, France, West Germany, Sweden, Israel, Hungary, the United Kingdom and Norway. At different times in the campaign, candidate Carter pi oposed reducing the need for abortions and increasing the strength of the family, Vaughn said Simultaneous Goals With a concerted effort to reduce adolescent pregnancy, his administration would be seizing the opportunity to pursue both these goals simultaneously. teen-ageMore than become pregnant each year and do not want to be pregnant, Planned Parenthood said in the report from its research arm, the Alan Guttmacher Institute. The report includes statistics and program information from government and university surveys, public health and social statistics and other published materials. of the Almost one-ha- lf teen-ag- e girls estimated at risk of unwanted pregnancy have no access to the most effective birth control methods and no reliable sex and birth control education, either in school or elsewhere. The principal ethical premise, according to Dr. Daniel J. Callahan, is that at the very least, teen-ageshould have as much knowledge of sex, as many and as good services available, and as many choices open to them, as do adults. Callahan is director of the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences at Hastings on Hudson in New York. The acts reported . . . cannot fail to be unsettling to those of us who have or will have teen-ag- e children, to those of us who have some special professional teen-ag- rs 26, 1976 Teen-Ag- Pregnancies Reach Epidemic Stage in U.8. e obligation to do what we can lo make ours a more humane society," Callahan says in an afterwaid" to the report. Sex: Great Muddle One of the mam difficulties of being a teen-agis sex, at once a great discovery, a great mess, a great pleasure, a great frustration, and an all around great muddle. The report that for the first time declares ?dlps''nt pregnancies in the United States an epidemic is titled: "II er Million services under health insurance programs Expansion of biomedical research in the quest for new, safe and effective techniques of fertility regulation compatible with adolescent needs. Among consequences of the high rate teen-ager- two-thir- four-millio- n rs in f. Teen-Ager- s. The figure refers to the number of s among the 21 sexually active million between the ages of 15 and 19 Authoritative reports from government and private sources say four million of the sexually active are female and seven million, male The same sources estimated of the eight million year-old- s have copulated. Of the ore million teen-ag- e pregnancies, 200,000 result in out of wedlock births (more than half of all such births in America); 300,000 end in abortion (one third of all abortions); 100,000 result m births legitimized by hasty marriage following discovery of conception; 300,090 result in births conceived after marriage (the bulk of the wanted teen-ag- e pi egnancies) ; the remainder terminate in miscarriage , r. teen-ager- , W' ', I ' v I one-fift- h f Epidemic Plan eight-poin- t Planned Parenthood's blueprint to cope with this national epidemic, includes: Realistic sex education, through schools, churches, youth agencies and the media. An expanded network of preventive family planned programs, with emphasis on programs to reach adolescents. , t 9 V, ' t' V ;v Adequate pregnancy counseling services, including early determination of pregnancy, and unbiased information on all the options open to the pregnant teen-age- r. Adequate prenatal, obstetrical and prediatric care for those youngsters who choose to carry their pregnancies to term. Accessibility of legal abortion to all adolescents who need and want abortions, giving them equal opportunity to exercise their constitutional nght to end an unwanted pregnancy. Educational, employment and social services for young parents, including day care and provision of income support where necessary. health Coverage of fertility-relate- d even-hande- , d, Pamper Her with a Gift of Fragrance (counter clockwise from left) Ford sedan Thursday morning: wrong plates . . . dent on right side missing . . . smear on hood where none had been before. 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