Teenage pregnancy is a widely controversial issue in the United States. Teenage mothers account for about eleven percent of all births in the US (Lowen). There are many ways in which getting pregnant at a young age hinders that individual’s likelihood of attending college or making a sufficient income in the future. If a teenager becomes pregnant‚ then their pregnancy will have a significant negative impact on their future. A teenager has a few options as to what to do in the event of pregnancy
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Teenage pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy of women who have not reached twenty years when the pregnancy ends regardless of the marital status. In South Africa one in three girls has had a pregnancy before the age of twenty. The community at large is aware of the problem of teenage pregnancy. Young women in our communities are falling pregnant while still at school‚ which limits their ability to achieve their long awaited goals in life. It also puts them at high risk of being infected with HIV
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issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour‚ 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study‚ around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant
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high risk pregnancies. ·Many teenage girl who become pregnant have a higher tendency not to finish high school and this reduces their chances at attaing stable financial status and better careers. ·The high rate of teenage pregnancies puts a high financial burden on the tax payers and government in providing medical care for the young mothers. ·Although there has been a reduction in the amount of teenage pregnacy in the United States‚the present rate of teenage pregnancies and birth still stands
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Depression is the leading cause of teenage suicide. Severe depression is often accompanied by a general sense of suffering as well as the belief to escape from it’s hopelessness. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severe depressed people to bear. The state of depression changes their thinking‚ allowing ideas like “Everyone would all be better off without me” to make rational sense. They shouldn’t be blamed for falling prey to such distorted thoughts any more than a heart patient should
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IV. Challenges of Teenage Parenthood A. Parenthood Options B. Continuing Education C. Financial Problems V. Conclusion Teenage pregnancy is a major concern in today’s society ;there are many ways to prevent teenage pregnancy‚ many people to get advice from‚ and many decisions a teenage parent must make. The statistics tell that the U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy & Parenting You sit there tense‚ your face is turning cherry red‚ your eyes are fixed on the
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English 2 27 May 2014 Teen Pregnancy When I was in high school there were many girls getting pregnant. Teenage pregnancies are typically young girls around the age of thirteen through nineteen. Young teens that get pregnant don’t know all the consequences for their actions regarding life changes. A lot of these teens don’t get the right prenatal care‚ the baby or the mom sometimes get birth and health defects. Unfortunately‚ only 40% of teen mothers finish high school. Fewer than 2 percent finish
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Teenage and Technology The age of science and technology has arrived. Well‚ can you imagine a teenage life without computers‚ palm size computers‚ web-enable cell phones and much more? Certainly not! Take for instance the computer. Sitting in front of your computer‚ there tons of things can be done such as faxing documents‚ web surfing‚ e-mailing friends‚ playing games‚ projects and etc. This view shows that we as a teenager are lucky to be living in this age. Computers‚ certainly is a source
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Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in a pubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Pregnant teenagers face many of the same obstetrics issues as other women. There are‚ however‚ additional medical concerns for mothers aged
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Teenage hypocrisy At no other time in life does a person feel more insecurity than during teenage. We are erratic and inconsistent. Our character is in the process of being formed but it is far from being finished. The terrific insecurity produces the need to be accepted‚ respected and trusted. It is then that hypocrisy in its most innocent and faultless form takes birth because of our craving for these desires. But slowly as we continue to take this horrific curse of adolescence as a blessing
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