SHOULD TEENAGE PREGNANCY BE CURBED?
Pregnancy among girls less than 18 years of age has irreplaceable consequences. It violates the rights of girls with life threatening consequences in terms of sexual and reproductive health and causes high developmental costs for communities, particularly in combating poverty. It has adverse effects on the young mother’s education, employment, social class, and their parents and also the psychosocial development of the infant. The babies are most likely to be low birth weighted and at greater risk of intellectual, language, and socio-economic delays. Maternal and prenatal health is of greater concern among teens who are pregnant or parenting. Less focus has been put to reducing …show more content…
The rates may have truly declined, but this is not enough reason to have ignored the problem. Teen mothers with poor or less schooling, and those who are living in the deprived areas, especially from ethnic minority backgrounds should be given access to comprehensive sex education and access to birth controls as this would help reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies, hence making life a better place for all. The public costs related to teenage pregnancy are estimated to be $9-10 billion every year, and most of these teenagers are overly exposed sexually through media, as a result, Government should set a few billion aside to reduce teen pregnancy by creating awareness from social medias, posters and hand bills and then the total cost would be lowered and enough savings will be generated. Laws against child marriage should also be enacted as this can also curb the rate of teenage pregnancy. Much emphasis have only been put on teenage mothers; while the fathers just get away with it.Young men should be informed and made to understand that such behavior is inappropriate and so to be more careful to at least practice safe sex to avoid the pressure of becoming a father at their early stage of
Pregnancy among girls less than 18 years of age has irreplaceable consequences. It violates the rights of girls with life threatening consequences in terms of sexual and reproductive health and causes high developmental costs for communities, particularly in combating poverty. It has adverse effects on the young mother’s education, employment, social class, and their parents and also the psychosocial development of the infant. The babies are most likely to be low birth weighted and at greater risk of intellectual, language, and socio-economic delays. Maternal and prenatal health is of greater concern among teens who are pregnant or parenting. Less focus has been put to reducing …show more content…
The rates may have truly declined, but this is not enough reason to have ignored the problem. Teen mothers with poor or less schooling, and those who are living in the deprived areas, especially from ethnic minority backgrounds should be given access to comprehensive sex education and access to birth controls as this would help reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies, hence making life a better place for all. The public costs related to teenage pregnancy are estimated to be $9-10 billion every year, and most of these teenagers are overly exposed sexually through media, as a result, Government should set a few billion aside to reduce teen pregnancy by creating awareness from social medias, posters and hand bills and then the total cost would be lowered and enough savings will be generated. Laws against child marriage should also be enacted as this can also curb the rate of teenage pregnancy. Much emphasis have only been put on teenage mothers; while the fathers just get away with it.Young men should be informed and made to understand that such behavior is inappropriate and so to be more careful to at least practice safe sex to avoid the pressure of becoming a father at their early stage of