Consequences of Teen Pregnancy Essay

Importance of Abstinence Pregnancy could be a shocking thing, especially if unintended and at a young age. Throughout history, many parents have been shocked from their daughters being pregnant at a very young age. Teen pregnancy is a life-changing situation and has ruptured many teens’ lives. Today’s youth love to be in a relationship and feel that the best way to express their feelings toward one another is through intimacy. Most of them realized the unwanted effects of a sexual intercourse…

were able to prevent a pregnancy with Plan B when you were fifteen, would you have had unprotected sex? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reducing the minimum age required to purchase Plan B to 15-years-old will cause other issues to rise as they watch teen pregnancy rates fall. Young teens without proper education will choose to use Plan B instead of condoms as protection from pregnancy without realizing they can contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). If most teens do not take…

with its own consequences. This includes the decisions make in teenage pregnancy as to what should be done with a baby. There are many consequences and side-effects regarding teen pregnancy, such as the emotional and psychological effects. According to the fact sheet, “Teens are five times more likely to seek subsequent help for psychological and emotional problems compares to the teens in general” (Teen Abortion Risk: Fact Sheet). Nowadays, many organizations…

three in ten teen girls in the United States will get pregnant at least once before age twenty, that's more than seven-hundred thousand teen pregnancies each year. In this paper I will inform you of the pros and cons of teenage pregnancy. Some people believe that teen pregnancy is a bad thing, but there are also some up sides to teen pregnancy. There are some serious consequences of teen pregnancy but there are also many benefits. Most people don’t believe this, but teen pregnancy holds many…

The teens pregnancy is not a new occurrence in our society, however, the perception of American society on this topic changed in the last century. Until late 1800’s, main concern about pregnant teen was to be married before baby was born and most of states codes allowed girls as young as 12 to do so (Teen Pregnancy, 2008). However, due to living condition, poor diet and diseases, most of teen girls did not reach physical maturity until late teens which limited number of early pregnancies. In…

Unintended births are those that are not planned, either from failed or non-use of birth control methods. Both married and non-married adults have unintended pregnancies due to incorrect use or failure of birth control pills (BCP 's), diaphragms, condoms, contraceptive jellies, intrauterine devices (IUD 's) and any other mechanical contraceptive method. The failure might actually be due to the product being defective from the manufacturer (incorrect drug dosage in the BCP, defective IUD 's,…

Teen Pregnancy Giving birth has numerous merits; for instance, it enables and enhances continuity of the species as the old ones die. However, the pregnancy that eventually leads to these births need to be regulated and individuals are supposed to give rise to new young ones once they have attained a legal age; probably above eighteen years which is deemed to be the minimum age for an adult. Teen pregnancy is the pregnancy in a woman who is aged between ten and nineteen years old. In the recent…

Regardless of abortion being legal or not, teens all around the world have had an abortion at some point to control their reproduction. Almost 350,000 U.S. teenagers under the age of 18 become pregnant every year. Abortion was used until about 1880, which was when a majority of the states in the U.S. had forbidden it unless it was used to save the life of the woman. Many abortions happen because teens are facing an unasked for pregnancy. The younger the teen is when she gets pregnant, the more…

level laws that regulate abortion services and the numbers of unintended pregnancies in the United States. This information shows a frightening consequence to this polarizing issue that has been heating up the debates among lawmakers. Although those opposed to abortion fight for the life of the unborn child, there is also a dark side to this issue. Those seeking to terminate their pregnancies are most effected by legislation. Teens and poverty stricken single mothers make up this segment of…

As seen in recent statistics sexual health in young adults is a significant problem. Though over the past few years the rates of teen pregnancy have been decreasing, this remains untrue for the rates of STD’s, STI’s, and birth control use in young adults. Young adults count for almost half of the twenty million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases each year (Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2014). This statistic is astonishing considering there are many ways to get young adults to take their…