S.Con.Res. 18Senate108th Congress (2003-2005)In Committee
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should strive to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teenagers to view adolescence as a time for education and maturing and by educating teenagers about the negative consequences of early sexual activity; and for other purposes.
Sponsored by
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)
Introduced March 11, 2003
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3551)
March 11, 2003
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Sen. Trent LottR-MS · Sep 28, 2004
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Sen. Edward M. KennedyD-MA · Sep 28, 2004
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Introduced in SenateIssued March 11, 2003
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[S. Con. Res. 18 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. CON. RES. 18
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should strive
to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teenagers to view adolescence
as a time for education and maturing and by educating teenagers about
the negative consequences of early sexual activity; and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 11, 2003
Mr. Lieberman (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should strive
to prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teenagers to view adolescence
as a time for education and maturing and by educating teenagers about
the negative consequences of early sexual activity; and for other
purposes.
Whereas nearly 4 in 10 girls in the United States will become pregnant before
the age of 20;
Whereas the United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and childbirth
in the industrialized world;
Whereas, despite significant progress over the past decade, there are still
nearly 900,000 teen pregnancies each year;
Whereas, on average, nearly 100 teenage girls become pregnant and 55 teenage
girls give birth every hour;
Whereas childbearing by teenagers costs taxpayers at least $7,000,000,000 each
year in direct costs associated with health care, foster care, criminal
justice, and public assistance;
Whereas teen pregnancy is closely linked to the social problems of welfare
dependency, poverty and out-of-wedlock births, and has negative
ramifications with respect to the critical social issues of overall
child well-being, responsible fatherhood, and workforce development;
Whereas mothers who give birth as teenagers are less likely to complete high
school and attend college, thereby unduly limiting their potential for
economic self-sufficiency;
Whereas more than half of all mothers on welfare gave birth as teenagers to
their first children;
Whereas 1 out of 2 unmarried mothers first gave birth as a teenager;
Whereas 80 percent of births to teenagers involve unmarried teen mothers;
Whereas almost all adults and teenagers believe that teenagers should be given a
strong message from society that they should abstain from sex until they
have at least completed high school; and
Whereas the children of teen mothers are more likely to be at risk for a variety
of adverse health and educational outcomes than other children: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL DAY TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should strive to prevent teen
pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time
for education and maturing, and by educating teens about the
negative consequences of early sexual activity; and
(2) the President should designate May 7, 2003, as
``National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy''.
(b) Proclamation.--Congress requests the President to issue a
proclamation designating May 7, 2003, as ``National Day To Prevent Teen
Pregnancy''.
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