Santo Domingo.- The large number of pregnant teenagers
seeking care at the Activo 20-30 Foundation’s Health Center is causing serious
concern among the medical staff working there, according to hospital director Mario
Moreno.
He said the situation is made even more serious by the fact that many of the
pregnant minors are infected with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases.
Every month some 400 pregnant teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are seen
at the center, from the neighborhoods of La Ciénaga, Los Guandules, María
Auxiliadora, 27 de Febrero and another 22 neighborhoods near the Foundation, whose
premises are on Federico Velázquez street at the intersection with Albert
Thomas street in Santo Domingo.
The center director blamed the high number of teenage pregnancies to family
breakdown, irresponsible fathers and overcrowding that affects thousands of
families in these areas of the capital.
The doctor was speaking on the occasion of a medical campaign organized by the
foundation this week with the support of more than 25 medical laboratories. He
said they have a check-up program in more than 25 neighborhoods.
From: Iran, DirectorioDominicano.com
All facets of the Dominican Republic are at risk, because of the 2 million haitians in our sovereign country, don't kid yourself. Crime, Lack of education, HIV/AIDS, No regard for humanity, imagine 2 million people in a country of 9 million, You don't have to be a genius to figure out that all the ills of those 2 million people will be suffered and/or transferred to the new "host"
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I think there are 3 issues here at least,
1 More than half the pregnancy cases in the DR hospitals are Haitians ...they are of all ages and they are either living here or come cacross the border to the Dominican hospitals.
2 Although there is ahuge difference between a girl of 13 and 18 as quoted in the article ,latin girls and boys mature early and the girls very often want to have a baby ..it is not that the baby is unwanted at birth , although I am sure the girls do notthink about the babies dreadful future ..It is that they actually want a baby .
3 There needs to be much better education from both the state and church on teenage sex and pregnancy ..It is absolutely trying to swim against the tide on this issue and simply say that teenagers must not have sex. There has to be a programme of education of safe sex and the potential dangers of having children ,for all concerned
From: United States, Washington, DC
Latin girls and boys mature early? I don't think sooo ... it's a lack of parenting!!!!!! Also poverty .... why can't they use a condom?
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
Don't you get it?
That's how you embred yourself into the race. Make as many babies as possible ASAP. They Dominicans gone out of DR.
The worst part is the DR women making babies with vermin Haitians.
Written by: Atabey, 25 Aug 2011 4:02 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: DirectorioDominicano, 25 Aug 2011 11:54 AM
From: Iran, DirectorioDominicano.com
"All facets of the Dominican Republic are at risk,"
Written by: Ricardolito, 25 Aug 2011 12:06 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
"1 More than half the pregnancy cases in the DR hospitals are Haitians ...they are of all ages and they are either living here or come across the border to the Dominican hospitals.
2 Although there is a huge difference between a girl of 13 and 18 as quoted in the article ,latin girls and boys mature early and the girls very often want to have a baby .
3 There needs to be much better education from both the state and church on teenage sex and pregnancy "
Agree.
Better border control and re-repatriation with better education for Dominicans-both boys and girls-will yield far better results. Parents play a huge part in this disaster. Many are repeating the same cycle of poor choices made by parents.
From: United States
I can't seem to find the word haitiens in this article....
Written by: Grosero, 26 Aug 2011 7:22 AM
From: United States
DirectorioDominicano....
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yes, let us blame the haitians because the Dominicans' don't practice safe sex!
From: United States
I once made a comment regarding the % of DR of Haitians extraction? Blame the Haitians for over half of pregancies in DR and yet deny the percentage of Dominicans with Haitians lineage, interesting, only real smart and intelligent folks would contradict themselves.
My eye witness account, it's not a dominicans or any other nations issues. It's all over the world! In the US and other develop countries, abortion is like going to Macdonald, family means nothing. Too much freedom for those young girls, just go to el momumento in Santiago during the weekends; you will have a clear pictures of why your young ladies are getting knocked up at an early age. And their are no age limit or ceiling in DR and all those perveted Dominicans men running hoes in the streets and having 50 wives. This is just the tip of the iceburg! Blame the Haitians and don't teach the men not to abusing vulnerable youg ladies who are looking for a few pesos to purchase tight jeans---just keep on.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
Hellooooo, Grosero
Which one is one of the poorest countries in the world?
Haiti, Right!!!
And what do they do? Make babies like rabbit when they know they cannot survive as it is. And after the fact, they go to DR to do the same.
We already know we have our own issues. Consequently, we don't need from you, Haitians.
Thank you, but not thank you!!
From: United States
JPTNITY. You re full of crap. As soon you land in the airport the taxi driver is pimpin. A girld the hotel. Janater is pimpin the waiter is pimpin as. I sit around I see 70year old man walking with 17 yr old with babies. I ve meat so many woman with 3 or 4 kids. With no fathers all were young dominicans girls...maybe you should get out more often better yet go to boca chica. Or san pedro..
Written by: RoyStone, 28 Aug 2011 5:55 AM
From: Australia
Ricardolito,
you are absolutely correct on all three points.
Contraception (condoms, pills and injections) are provided free by the Dominican Republic government and these girls know it. Everyone in their village knows they are sexually active but their hypocritical Christian mother pretends she doesn't know, then throws her out when she falls pregnant. She can then drop out of school, move in with her boyfriend's family and not worry about an education, career or job, get fat and enjoy the attention at the baby-shower and christening - a lifestyle choice made by many.
Written by: Nehesy, 29 Aug 2011 8:10 AM
From: France, Paris
In Great Britain the % of teen pregnancy is really high specially in London.
Most of them being native English people (13 to 16) . In london streets you can see babies carrying their babies. It's a social and moral problem.
One day some morons will also say that's it's because of Haitians, that english teenagers have babies so early.
Teen Pregnancy is due to lack of parentage /morals. In the DR many grown @ss men ( mid thirties and more) don't hesitate to sleep with young teenagers.
Very , very , very rare to find in the DR a 20 yrs female who doesn't have a child yet...May be it's the same in Haiti I could not say.
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
I'm in my late fifty's... What's wrong with going out with an 18 year old ? It's legal. As long as we're in love, and planning a family, we don't care what people say. Sure..we get weird looks once in a while. Who cares? They don't pay my rent.
Listen, the problem with guys her age.... all they want is to get in her pants ! Most have no jobs and if so.. not enough to support a family. You can't get by just on your good looks. What girls need is SECURITY.
Written by: RoyStone, 30 Aug 2011 7:01 PM
From: Australia
Nehesy,
The incidence of teen-pregnancy in the UK is not nearly as high as in the Dominican Republic. Also the UK has a welfare system to ensure the basic needs of mothers and babies are met, despite their circumstances. The Dominican Republic does not.
Interestingly in Australia, such is the government's concern about falling birth-rates, that in addition to generous welfare handouts, un-married mothers get a $4000 bonus!
Written by: Nehesy, 31 Aug 2011 7:12 AM
From: France, Paris
Sunsetpark
As you said if she is not under legal age it's not nobody's problem
It's also true that a woman needs security whatever her age and the continent (Europe, Africa, America etc)
My concern was the married guys (dominicans and foreigners) who plays with young teenager and let them without no penny to support them or their own children.
The danger with dating a teenager in the DR: money may be the key reason not love.
Roystone
True at least in UK they have a very good welfare system. Somalian refugees with families for instance, get a free housing + benefits for their children.
From: Australia, melbourne
The AIDS/HIV virus (of which there are a number of different strains) was engineered in a lab an introduced into homosexuals in Manhatten in the early 80s and a different strain into the African population that is more effectively spread heterosexually. Many patients in Africa did not really have AIDS but the big pharma drugs killed them off anyway. Seeing the whole island of Hispanolia is a target for genocide (your huge mineral resources) expect a high AIDS rate and then to be killed off by the drugs.Seek alternative treatment.
Haitians are just as human as any DR person or any white person or even more human than many white Nazi bastards.
From: United States
13-14 year olds down on the Malecon selling themselves to business men who keep the cabanas in business. Why? Some money for jeans, concert tickets, rent for their parents' house/apartment, you name it. Several have 3-4 kids before they're 18! Not many Haitians down there on the Malecon...
From: United States
I have a problem when people state that Sex Ed is the answer as if it were some sort of a panacea to STD and teen pregnancies. I have been hearing that recorded message repeated for decades and the problem has not improve but rather gottern worse not only in the DR but all over the world.
No doubt Sex Ed is better then none at all, but statistics have clearly demonstrated that Sex Education in and of itself does not work. Why? Because sex Ed has been limited to providing information only on the mechanical use of contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and STD, and left it at that. It gave kids a false sense of security, when in fact nothing is 100% safe for anything. Sex Ed has failed to address the spiritual needs of human make-up, when it should have combined it with character development, moral upbringing, self-esteem self-respect and self-control. Otherwise, the ways things are now, we might end up like dogs and hump on the first girl we see waiting at the bus stop.
From: United States
@gisellewilding-Can you please elaborate further on your comment. I think it went over most peoples head here and miss your point. You have made some serious allegations!!
What exactly are you saying? Is this a conspiracy theory? Are you saying that AIDS is an an artificial illness used as a weapon of mass destruction to kill off all the inhabitants of the Island of Hispaniola? Was it an experiment gone wrong?
Written by: RoyStone, 19 Sep 2011 12:12 AM
From: Australia
guillermone,
No!
Young girls have been hammered with "spiritual component, character development, moral upbringing, self-control" propaganda ad-nausium and it does not work. Contraception does. Period!
From: United States
Roy do you know the definition of insanity? Doing the same things over and over again expecting different results. You are talking without facts and statistics. What you suggest is outlandish and only further promotes sexual activity among youth. The fact it is no coincidence as moral standards have relaxed over the decades, teen pregnancies and abortions, have sky rocketed. During the 1950's when a unmarried girl became pregnant, there was a stigma attached. It brought embarrasment to the family and community. It is no longer true today, it is a well accepted and very normal, every day event.
Nevertheless, you did not read my post correctly and took it out of context. I clearly suggested a combination of both Sex Education with character development plus an added spiritual component to the mix. The spiritual needs of the youth is important and must be addressed the same. I don't necessarily mean it from a religious perspective although it is as equally important as well.
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Sep 2011 7:40 AM
From: Australia
You are right, guillermone, bring back the 1950's -
When Trujillo and the church ruled, and pregnant school-girls committed suicide.
morality=celibacy and contraception=promiscuity!
Well maybe you will feel better when Islam ans Sharia Law reaches the Dominican Republic and young girls are circumcised? Now that's spiritual development!
I'm saying that contraception is the only realistic solution to teenage pregnancy, not outdated pseudo-morality. Don't confuse sex education with religious indoctrination.
Written by: Nehesy, 20 Sep 2011 8:01 AM
From: France, Paris
Roystone my brother
Girl circumsion is an old custom practised since antiquity ( ancient egyptians for instance) , it has nothing to do with Islam shariah ==> Doesn't mean that it's a good practice though
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Sep 2011 9:10 AM
From: Australia
Nehesy you are historically correct, but you are also factually wrong.
Certainly female genital mutilation pre-dates Islam, in the same way as oppression of women, torture of heretics and human sacrifice pre-dates Christianity, and genocide pre-dates Hitler's Nazi regime.
However Islam IS responsible for modern-day perpetration of the practice. A fatwa issued by an important Islamic cleric in 1950 declared:
"Female circumcision is an Islamic practice mentioned in the tradition of the Prophet, and sanctioned by Imams Jurists, in spite of differences on whether it is a duty or a sunna. We support the practice of the sunna and sanction it in view of its effect on attenuating the sexual desire in women and directing to the desirable moderation"
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Sep 2011 9:20 AM
From: Australia
Nehesy,
Perhaps one Islamic tradition may be a solution for teenage pregnancy - the more extreme practice of stitching up slave-women to prevent penetration and child-birth altogether.
Allah is Merciful!
Written by: Nehesy, 20 Sep 2011 9:41 AM
From: France, Paris
Roystone
The man who edicted this Fatwa is a liar, Girl Circumsion was may be already practised in Arabia when islam raised up, BUT you can't find any statement in the Qu'ran or Authentic Hadiths/Traditions (Sahihs) of the prophet-saw.
In fact islam forbid to modify any detail of the natural creation.
I confirm to you that this is an old custom , maintained by some muslims, but it's not a muslim custom ( not found in Qu'ran or Hadiths)
Only man circumcision is compulsory
Written by: Nehesy, 20 Sep 2011 9:47 AM
From: France, Paris
Wooow for your last statement it's also a strange thing because muslims had european slave concubines in Muslim spain and they had children with them. And Prince Bandar of Saudi arabia (ambassador in USA for many years ) is also the son of a slave but he is alive.
But if what you said exist, they should be shot dead ==> No Mercy
PS: No religion has more spread slavery than christianity
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Sep 2011 9:56 AM
From: Australia
Nehesy,
Interesting to see that Muslims AND Christians use the same pathetic excuses for their atrocities done as a result of their faith. "Oh, it's not in the Koran / Bible so it's not Islam / Christianity's fault".
Well it f***ing-well is!
Written by: Nehesy, 20 Sep 2011 10:20 AM
From: France, Paris
Roystone,
It's just facts, please prove me that woman mutilation is suggested by the Qu'ran or hadiths and I'll apologize to you.
I studied Muslim and Christian slavery, I confirm to you that christian have no equals on that matter. The Slavery system (laws, punishments) applied in the new world ( Americas, Caribbean), in South Africa (Indian and Malgaches slaves), in the Carribeans, in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, La Reunion) is a sad heritage from Europe.
European slavery against europeans spanned from Ancient Greece to the 18th (some will say 19th because Russian serfdom ended in late 19th century)
GOD almighty is just and never allowed such cruelties. If "Christians" and "Muslims" did it , they used religion to justify their acts ==> They will pay it soon...
From: United States
Roy does not understand the difference between religion and fanatics who use religion in a negative way, take advantage and exploit the vulnerability of believers. This is akin to a fudiciary relationship professionals have where clients place blind trust and become vulnerable. It could be a doctor, Lawyer, counselor, psychiatrist who can easily manipulate and advantage of others only to realized when it is too late, one became a victim of a professional who violated strict rules of ethics.
Now are we going to blame the whole medical field, the psychiatrict and legal professions for violations committed against clients? Should we condemn all doctors and lawyers for the acts of a few? No of course not. The same goes with religion. We can not totally discredit the bible and all religions for the despicable actions of individuals, unless the church directly condones and institutionalizes it as is the case of the Catholic church. One of a few exceptions among few.
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All facets of the Dominican Republic are at risk, because of the 2 million haitians in our sovereign country, don't kid yourself. Crime, Lack of education, HIV/AIDS, No regard for humanity, imagine 2 million people in a country of 9 million, You don't have to be a genius to figure out that all the ills of those 2 million people will be suffered and/or transferred to the new "host"
1 More than half the pregnancy cases in the DR hospitals are Haitians ...they are of all ages and they are either living here or come cacross the border to the Dominican hospitals.
2 Although there is ahuge difference between a girl of 13 and 18 as quoted in the article ,latin girls and boys mature early and the girls very often want to have a baby ..it is not that the baby is unwanted at birth , although I am sure the girls do notthink about the babies dreadful future ..It is that they actually want a baby .
3 There needs to be much better education from both the state and church on teenage sex and pregnancy ..It is absolutely trying to swim against the tide on this issue and simply say that teenagers must not have sex. There has to be a programme of education of safe sex and the potential dangers of having children ,for all concerned
That's how you embred yourself into the race. Make as many babies as possible ASAP. They Dominicans gone out of DR.
The worst part is the DR women making babies with vermin Haitians.
From: Iran, DirectorioDominicano.com
"All facets of the Dominican Republic are at risk,"
Written by: Ricardolito, 25 Aug 2011 12:06 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
"1 More than half the pregnancy cases in the DR hospitals are Haitians ...they are of all ages and they are either living here or come across the border to the Dominican hospitals.
2 Although there is a huge difference between a girl of 13 and 18 as quoted in the article ,latin girls and boys mature early and the girls very often want to have a baby .
3 There needs to be much better education from both the state and church on teenage sex and pregnancy "
Agree.
Better border control and re-repatriation with better education for Dominicans-both boys and girls-will yield far better results. Parents play a huge part in this disaster. Many are repeating the same cycle of poor choices made by parents.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Yes, let us blame the haitians because the Dominicans' don't practice safe sex!
My eye witness account, it's not a dominicans or any other nations issues. It's all over the world! In the US and other develop countries, abortion is like going to Macdonald, family means nothing. Too much freedom for those young girls, just go to el momumento in Santiago during the weekends; you will have a clear pictures of why your young ladies are getting knocked up at an early age. And their are no age limit or ceiling in DR and all those perveted Dominicans men running hoes in the streets and having 50 wives. This is just the tip of the iceburg! Blame the Haitians and don't teach the men not to abusing vulnerable youg ladies who are looking for a few pesos to purchase tight jeans---just keep on.
Which one is one of the poorest countries in the world?
Haiti, Right!!!
And what do they do? Make babies like rabbit when they know they cannot survive as it is. And after the fact, they go to DR to do the same.
We already know we have our own issues. Consequently, we don't need from you, Haitians.
Thank you, but not thank you!!
you are absolutely correct on all three points.
Contraception (condoms, pills and injections) are provided free by the Dominican Republic government and these girls know it. Everyone in their village knows they are sexually active but their hypocritical Christian mother pretends she doesn't know, then throws her out when she falls pregnant. She can then drop out of school, move in with her boyfriend's family and not worry about an education, career or job, get fat and enjoy the attention at the baby-shower and christening - a lifestyle choice made by many.
Most of them being native English people (13 to 16) . In london streets you can see babies carrying their babies. It's a social and moral problem.
One day some morons will also say that's it's because of Haitians, that english teenagers have babies so early.
Teen Pregnancy is due to lack of parentage /morals. In the DR many grown @ss men ( mid thirties and more) don't hesitate to sleep with young teenagers.
Very , very , very rare to find in the DR a 20 yrs female who doesn't have a child yet...May be it's the same in Haiti I could not say.
Listen, the problem with guys her age.... all they want is to get in her pants ! Most have no jobs and if so.. not enough to support a family. You can't get by just on your good looks. What girls need is SECURITY.
The incidence of teen-pregnancy in the UK is not nearly as high as in the Dominican Republic. Also the UK has a welfare system to ensure the basic needs of mothers and babies are met, despite their circumstances. The Dominican Republic does not.
Interestingly in Australia, such is the government's concern about falling birth-rates, that in addition to generous welfare handouts, un-married mothers get a $4000 bonus!
As you said if she is not under legal age it's not nobody's problem
It's also true that a woman needs security whatever her age and the continent (Europe, Africa, America etc)
My concern was the married guys (dominicans and foreigners) who plays with young teenager and let them without no penny to support them or their own children.
The danger with dating a teenager in the DR: money may be the key reason not love.
Roystone
True at least in UK they have a very good welfare system. Somalian refugees with families for instance, get a free housing + benefits for their children.
Haitians are just as human as any DR person or any white person or even more human than many white Nazi bastards.
No doubt Sex Ed is better then none at all, but statistics have clearly demonstrated that Sex Education in and of itself does not work. Why? Because sex Ed has been limited to providing information only on the mechanical use of contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and STD, and left it at that. It gave kids a false sense of security, when in fact nothing is 100% safe for anything. Sex Ed has failed to address the spiritual needs of human make-up, when it should have combined it with character development, moral upbringing, self-esteem self-respect and self-control. Otherwise, the ways things are now, we might end up like dogs and hump on the first girl we see waiting at the bus stop.
What exactly are you saying? Is this a conspiracy theory? Are you saying that AIDS is an an artificial illness used as a weapon of mass destruction to kill off all the inhabitants of the Island of Hispaniola? Was it an experiment gone wrong?
No!
Young girls have been hammered with "spiritual component, character development, moral upbringing, self-control" propaganda ad-nausium and it does not work. Contraception does. Period!
Nevertheless, you did not read my post correctly and took it out of context. I clearly suggested a combination of both Sex Education with character development plus an added spiritual component to the mix. The spiritual needs of the youth is important and must be addressed the same. I don't necessarily mean it from a religious perspective although it is as equally important as well.
When Trujillo and the church ruled, and pregnant school-girls committed suicide.
morality=celibacy and contraception=promiscuity!
Well maybe you will feel better when Islam ans Sharia Law reaches the Dominican Republic and young girls are circumcised? Now that's spiritual development!
I'm saying that contraception is the only realistic solution to teenage pregnancy, not outdated pseudo-morality. Don't confuse sex education with religious indoctrination.
Girl circumsion is an old custom practised since antiquity ( ancient egyptians for instance) , it has nothing to do with Islam shariah ==> Doesn't mean that it's a good practice though
Certainly female genital mutilation pre-dates Islam, in the same way as oppression of women, torture of heretics and human sacrifice pre-dates Christianity, and genocide pre-dates Hitler's Nazi regime.
However Islam IS responsible for modern-day perpetration of the practice. A fatwa issued by an important Islamic cleric in 1950 declared:
"Female circumcision is an Islamic practice mentioned in the tradition of the Prophet, and sanctioned by Imams Jurists, in spite of differences on whether it is a duty or a sunna. We support the practice of the sunna and sanction it in view of its effect on attenuating the sexual desire in women and directing to the desirable moderation"
Perhaps one Islamic tradition may be a solution for teenage pregnancy - the more extreme practice of stitching up slave-women to prevent penetration and child-birth altogether.
Allah is Merciful!
The man who edicted this Fatwa is a liar, Girl Circumsion was may be already practised in Arabia when islam raised up, BUT you can't find any statement in the Qu'ran or Authentic Hadiths/Traditions (Sahihs) of the prophet-saw.
In fact islam forbid to modify any detail of the natural creation.
I confirm to you that this is an old custom , maintained by some muslims, but it's not a muslim custom ( not found in Qu'ran or Hadiths)
Only man circumcision is compulsory
But if what you said exist, they should be shot dead ==> No Mercy
PS: No religion has more spread slavery than christianity
Interesting to see that Muslims AND Christians use the same pathetic excuses for their atrocities done as a result of their faith. "Oh, it's not in the Koran / Bible so it's not Islam / Christianity's fault".
Well it f***ing-well is!
It's just facts, please prove me that woman mutilation is suggested by the Qu'ran or hadiths and I'll apologize to you.
I studied Muslim and Christian slavery, I confirm to you that christian have no equals on that matter. The Slavery system (laws, punishments) applied in the new world ( Americas, Caribbean), in South Africa (Indian and Malgaches slaves), in the Carribeans, in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, La Reunion) is a sad heritage from Europe.
European slavery against europeans spanned from Ancient Greece to the 18th (some will say 19th because Russian serfdom ended in late 19th century)
GOD almighty is just and never allowed such cruelties. If "Christians" and "Muslims" did it , they used religion to justify their acts ==> They will pay it soon...
Now are we going to blame the whole medical field, the psychiatrict and legal professions for violations committed against clients? Should we condemn all doctors and lawyers for the acts of a few? No of course not. The same goes with religion. We can not totally discredit the bible and all religions for the despicable actions of individuals, unless the church directly condones and institutionalizes it as is the case of the Catholic church. One of a few exceptions among few.