Consequences of Teen Pregnancy Essay

Teen Pregnancy Awareness Teen pregnancy is not unusual or taboo as it once was but the impact and changes it causes in young lives remain everlasting. Too young to understand the consequences and responsibilities with becoming a parent, teenage girls learn the hard way that it is difficult to take care of oneself and a baby. Parents and schools play a big role in educating our youth about safe sex and contraceptives. Three main areas that lack awareness in teen pregnancy are young mothers…

Teen Pregnancy has become a major problem in the United States and this paper will explore the ways to help reduce that problem.Everyday thousands of teens are putting themselves at risk for pregnancies.Some ways to reduce teen pregnancies is to have more sex education in schools and also provide birth control methods and condoms.These ways will stop kids having sex and have kids pay more attention in school so they can pursue a career instead of having to go through the stress of having a kid…

Teenage pregnancy is not the symbol of a broken society, claimed by many politicians, but can be a positive force for good. Despite a one-third decline since the early 1990s, the US still has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth among comparable countries. If the teen birth rate would have stayed at the 1991 level, then 1.2 million more children would have been born to teen mothers. 460,000 additional children would be living in poverty. 700,000 more children would be living in…

and overwhelming. Teen mom’s are less likely to graduate high school, less likely to attend college, and also are more likely to have a child that will also have a baby at a young age. Even though both of the articles focuses on teen pregnancy, “Tough truths about teen pregnancy” discuses how teen pregnancy shouldn’t be encouraged, whereas “Parents too soon? Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing in the U.S” talks about what the child, parent, and community can do to prevent teen pregnancy. Also, both…

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…

decreased if teenagers were more informed about sex and the consequences of it. If teenagers were educated enough about sexual intercourse than it would decrease the chances of pregnancy and diseases. For one thing, sex education classes would create a great impact on teen pregnancy if it was taught in every school around the country. Teaching students about abstinence and contraception plays a major part in the pregnancy rates. Although a mass of teens and adults believe that “...providing…

“Adolescents ages 15-24 account for nearly half of the 20 million new cases of STD's each year.” (CDC 2014) I think the best course of action for helping prevent these detrimental consequences in teenagers is to have open, honest discussions with children from an early age to help educate them on ways to prevent these consequences. I can speak from personal experience, that at an early age, my mother educated my siblings and me on the importance of safe sex. My mother, who gave birth to my…

Babies Having Babies. Teenage pregnancy is a worldwide problem. While this is true, Megan Comlossy states that there are more teenage pregnancies in the United States than in any other industrialized country (1). According to Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia, teenage pregnancy is defined as women aging from 13-19 who give birth (1). Teen pregnancy can be caused by numerous factors. Some of these factors are one’s family background, cultural influence, and…

Teen Pregnancy Prevention In the United States of America there are about 820,000 teen pregnancies a year. I believe that this problem can be prevented by abstinence and responsibility. Teen pregnancy is when a female under the age of 20 becomes pregnant. There can be many dangers and problems to a teen pregnancy. Although over fifty percent of teens are sexually active there are many preventives to causing pregnancy. Personally I disagree with teen pregnancy, but there are some people who do…

to our society and to the future of our generation because of its serious immediate consequences and life changing long term effects. “Annually, about 5,000 people under age 21 die from alcohol-related injuries involving underage drinking”(“Consequences of Underage Drinking”). This is just one example of the bad effects underage drinking has. Not only does underage drinking cause injuries, it causes teen pregnancy, alcohol addiction, and it is associated with tobacco and drug use. Many…