Teenage pregnancy

Problem Reality tv and media negatively impact an adolescent 's mind by the assumption that teenage pregnancy leads to fame. Television shows like “16 and Pregnant”, “Teen Mom”, and their spinoffs have given teens a different view on what it 's like to be a young parent. Why do the television shows and their in sight on teen pregnancy influence the adolescent mind? Because the adolescent brain does not perceive the dangerous influences of media and its consequences. To the young girl who sits…

"Teen birth rates declined from 2013 to 2014 for all races and for Hispanics. Among 15- to 19-year-olds, teen birth rates decreased" (CDC para 4). The reason that I chose to writing about teenage pregnancy is because I think that shows like Teen Mom and 16 and pregnant prevent teens from wanting to have kids, it doesn 't necessarily stop then from having sexual contact but it teaches teens protection while having sex , because the moms have to struggle on the show is how the kids will struggle…

stressful on its own, it doesn’t help with the rising numbers in unwanted pregnancy in these young adults. Being in your teenage years you are just figuring out who you are and how to live on your own. On average three out of ten teens get pregnant before they reach the age of twenty (Thomas). Many girls and/ or couples are not mentally or physically prepared to have a child right now in their life. Unplanned pregnancy has become a problem in the United States because it leads to the rise in…

Statistics. Although the rates have dropped, teen pregnancy still continues to be a significant problem in our society. Many young women are being robbed of their chance to continuing their education since their responsibility is to take care of their young newborn. One idea to solve this problem of teenage pregnancy is instituting Planned Parenthood in schools to provide teens with contraception. While this may decrease the number of teenage pregnancies, it may also influence students to…

“Teenage birth rates in the United States remain the highest and over one million teens that are pregnant are from the ages of fifteen to nineteen.” (Pregnancy Information For Teens, Second Edition) “There are nearly half a million teen births each year. Put another way, each hour nearly 100 teen girls get pregnant and 55 give birth.” (Not Just Another Single Issue) Teen pregnancy brings so many emotions to you. It can bring shame, denial, a lot of stress and even depression. A teen pregnancy…

younger. When talking regards the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy, the 59th volume of Journal of Marriage and the Family stated: "Pregnancy rates also varied significantly by the severity of sexual abuse, with 21% of nonabused women, 9% of contact molestation victims, 39% of coercion victims, 26% of attempted rape victims, and 43% of rape victims having a teenage pregnancy. " Definition of "sexual coercion": to dominate one sexually by forcing or…

Teenage pregnancy is a growing problem in Bermuda. The numbers have fluctuated through the years. Studies have shown that girls raised in poverty, in single-parent homes, and by parents with lower levels of education are more likely to become adolescent mothers. Between April 2009 and March 2010, there were 71 pregnancies in girls age 19 and under. (Teen Haven) Education is affected when the teenager becomes pregnant. Often young girls are too busy raising their child, they forget about their…

Teen Pregnancy and Statistics It’s come to obvious that pregnancy can happen at almost any age but only if the woman and the man’s reproductive system is matured to conceive an unborn child. But we’ve always known that contraceptives have been available when wanting to engage in sex no matter at what age. Teen pregnancy has always been a factor here in the RGV. Also being that the RGV is mostly populated by Hispanics, yes the occasional whites and blacks but mainly Hispanics. It has always been…

Teenage Pregnancy in the United States The United States, although it has had a recent decline, has highest rates of teen pregnancy in the developed world. About 34% of teens get pregnant at least once before they are 20 years old, totaling more than 820,000 teen pregnancies per year (capefearteen, 2015). 82% of teen pregnancies are unplanned, and more than a quarter of those unplanned pregnancies end in abortion (guttmacher, 2014). Teen pregnancy is a huge issue, as it negatively affects not…

Teen pregnancy has been around for many years, but throughout my junior high and high school years it was more noticeable. I can remember being in junior high and there were a few girls in high school who were pregnant. All my friends and I would hear many rumors about the girls who were pregnant and then judge them based on the rumors. There were rumors going around that the girls “got around”, the girls who got pregnant partied all the time and that’s why they were pregnant, they slept with so…