Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is an issue becoming increasingly more popular. Or is it? Many people believe that because so many teenage girls are getting pregnant nowadays that we live in a country where there is a “baby boom” so to speak. However, this is not the first time there has been an increase in the teen birth rate. It could be that our country will go through periods of “baby booms” and it is not so abnormal after all. But one question that is probably often asked and given many different answers to is, “Why are so many teen girls getting pregnant?” Also, what becomes of these young girls and their children? It is often thought that having children should follow getting married. However, in today’s world it is very much the opposite for many women. More and more often you hear of, or maybe even see teenage girls getting pregnant. While there is no “set age” as to when a woman should get pregnant, people often have a stereotypical idea and timeline in their head. Most typically women get married and then have their children. So why the sudden change in order? There are multiple causes to somewhat explain the rise in teen pregnancy and the effects that will often follow. In most schools students as early as grade school go through or are given a sexual education course. During this time students are taught about the processes and changes that will occur to their bodies along with an overview of sexual education. “As of March 2013 twenty-two states require public schools to teach sexual education courses, thirty-three states require students receive instruction about HIV/AIDS, and nineteen states require that if provided, sex education must be medically, factually, or technically accurate. State definitions of “technically accurate” vary, from requiring that the department of health review curriculum for accuracy, to mandating that curriculum be based on information from “published authorities upon which medical professionals rely.” (Health). It is thought that

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