Effect of Teen Pregnancy on Poverty

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 financial status. Another reason of teens getting pregnant can be stemmed from being uneducated about sex, and unaware of ways to help prevent pregnancy. Many people do not see why teenage pregnancy is considered a problem; however, there are many negative effects that result from it. While poverty and lack of education are two of the many causes of teen pregnancy, they are also some of the effects of it. Unfortunately, this issue is one that will never completely…

Background Teen pregnancy is by definition “age 13 to 19, which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her core education—secondary school—has few or no marketable skills, is financially dependent upon her parents and/or continues to live at home and is mentally immature”(Segen 's Medical Dictionary). Teen pregnancy is not a new phenomenon, but has only become a problem when the average age of pregnancy went up. For females ages 15 (2011) make up 23 out of every 1000 births…

Ipatenco, Sara. "Why Are Low Income Teens Likely to Become Pregnant?" Everyday Life. GlobalPost - International News. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. Sara Ipatenco brings awareness to the causes of why low-income teens are more likely to become pregnant. Poverty is a huge contribution to teen pregnancy, and getting pregnant during the teen years makes it harder to break that cycle of poverty. Ipatenco address possibilities that cause teen pregnancies, such as lack of education, no funds for birth control,…

Teen Pregnancy Struggles Michelle Mitchell of Lexington, Ky. Fits the stereotype of Americas Teen Pregnancy problem. She is black, unmarried, she had an abortion at age 14 and a baby at 16. Now at 19 she is struggling to shake that stereotype, she is participating in New Change, a program that tries to motivate young welfare mothers to complete their education and develop a career. After two years of diligent study, Michelle has just taken the exam for the high school equivalency certificate…

This article informs readers about the risks and complications of teen pregnancy. The proportion of teen pregnancy, out-of-wedlock births to teenagers, and total births between ages 15 and 19 are increasing. Maternal mortality, iron deficiency anemia, low birth weight babies, toxemia and prolonged labor are of high risk from teenage pregnancy. Many teenagers have lack of prenatal care and poor diet which paly a great role in these health-related problems. Some teenagers become trapped in…

The Impact of Teen Pregnancy In 2009, it was recorded that over 400,000 adolescents gave birth in the United States (Hudgins, Erickson, & Walker, 2014). Teenage pregnancy has become a familiar topic to be discussed considering the astounding number and record highs created within the past twenty years. Georgia alone had close to 13,000 births by teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 making a rate of 37.9 per 1,000 teenagers in 2011 (Hudgins & et al, 2014). This study offers the point of…

Teen childbearing can carry health, economic, and social costs for mothers and their children. Teen births in the US have declined, but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013. The good news is that more teens are waiting to have sex, and for sexually active teens, nearly 90% used birth control the last time they had sex. However, teens most often use condoms and birth control pills, which are less effective at preventing pregnancy when not used consistently and…

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…

prevent teen pregnancy, the numbers of unintended teen pregnancies are drastically falling. Items such as, birth control, condoms, and more education on safe sex are promoting women to wait to have a child until later in life. Many individuals disagree with women becoming pregnant at a young age. As well as, people point out the advantages of preventing teen pregnancy, like keeping children in school. Multiple authors will be assisting pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of preventing…

In Arizona there are many people suffering from poverty. Meaning: the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions (Webster). The question people are probably wondering is, why is there so much poverty? For that question to be answered is to take a look at the causes and effects. Teenage pregnancy, lack of education, and substance abuse are issues that may contribute to poverty in Arizona. Throughout the country poverty is a huge issue; with…