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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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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Teenage Pregnancy The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy‚ about 1 million teenagers become pregnant each year and 95 percent of those pregnancies are unintended. Teenage pregnancy is one of the most important and alarming issues in today ’s world. There are many reasons that teenagers become pregnant. Some of them want to have babies. However‚ the fact of the matter is that most teen pregnancies are unintentional (80 percent). Additionally‚ most of them occur to unwed teen
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Teenage Pregnancy Robin Deel Professor Wall Sociology 101 15 April 2013 Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is one of the most popular topics everywhere today. The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the western industrialized world. (Kendall‚ 2011‚ p. 495) Teens today have the mindset that “I’m just having a baby not a nuclear weapon”. This is ok with them and they go on about their everyday lives as if nothing can interfere with them. Oh my do they have an eye opening
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BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Teenage pregnancy is a common social problem in both Western and Eastern cultures. In United States‚ the statistics show that more than 3‚000 teens get pregnant every day and the half them give births (McCoullough & Scherman(1991)‚ cited in Yucel‚ 2003). Although teenage pregnancy may be considered as a positive experience‚ studies show that teenage pregnancy is associated with psychological‚ social and physical problems. The pregnancy rates reveal that
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DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: TEENAGE PREGNANCY INTRODUCTION Today many teenage pregnancies are evident‚ contrary to the biblical view point and the understanding of the rule “NO SEX before MARRIAGE. Many young females have fallen into lust and temptation of involving themselves into sexual activities‚ which leads to many disastrous outcomes‚ one of which is teenage pregnancy. This occurrence was rarely evident back in the days; it was very rare to see a young girl pregnant‚ now when a teenage girl is expecting
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Becoming a mother in her teenage years is not an ideal situation for most young women. Young adults in this age bracket are still growing‚ physically and emotionally‚ and are not always as equipped to handle adult situations as they might think. Teen mothers face adult responsibilities even before they give birth‚ and the obligations continue for years down the road. Teenage pregnancy in developed countries is usually outside of marriage‚ and carries a social stigma in many communities and cultures
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The College at Brockport: State University of New York Digital Commons @Brockport Counselor Education Master’s Theses Counselor Education 1-1-2005 Teen Pregnancy‚ Self-Esteem‚ and their Relationship in an Urban High School Robert P. Curran The College at Brockport Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/edc_theses Part of the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation Curran‚ Robert P.‚ "Teen Pregnancy‚ Self-Esteem‚ and
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Effects of Early pregnancy among teenage mothers to their Personality development in Barangay Julo‚ San Antonio‚ Nueva Ecija Introduction and Background Nowadays‚ one of the major problems in our country is the rapid increase of population. Teenage pregnancy is a big part of this problem. From 2000 to 2010‚ the number of live births by teenage mothers in the Philippines rose by 60 percent. A total of 207‚898 mothers aged below 20 years old gave birth in 2010. In 2000‚ however‚ this number was
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the ages of 14 and 19 are married (Chan). Teenage marriage is a large issue because of the intellectual‚ economic and mental toll it takes on its advocates. Married teens are more likely to drop out of high school and have lower incomes than those who get married at a mature age. Also‚ teens are more likely to be divorced from their wedlock partners within 15 years of being married at an adolescent age than those who get married older (Stritof). Teenage marriage is an unhealthy decision and should
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