How often does unplanned parenthood occur? At Richland, the number increases almost every year. Teen pregnancy is a social problem in many places. To understand the problem, it is necessary to realize the number of girls that become pregnant, the risks the mother and baby will face and the outcome for the both of them.
"The proportion of teenage girls becoming pregnant is increasing, the proportion of total births which are being born to women ages 15-19 is increasing, and the proportion of out-of-wedlock births is increasing." (Wenken, 1972) Since teen pregnancy is increasing, so is the age variety. In most common cases teens are becoming pregnant at sixteen or younger. They are also all in school and unwedded. "About 88% of all childbearing
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Each girl has different outcomes for her and her baby. "Differences in these outcomes between teen and older mothers were significant for nearly every racial/ ethnic subgroup, and recent studies suggest that the risk of poor infant health outcomes remains significantly higher among teen mothers even after controlling for other factors." (Kaye, 2012) Teen pregnancy can have different outcomes that normal aged pregnancy do not tend to have very often. "Infants born to teen mothers were 17% more likely to be preterm and 25% more likely to be born low-birthweight compared to infants born to older mothers." (Kaye, 2012) Teen mothers have higher risks than older mothers do because of health and development. Most common risks for the baby is prematurity, diseases, development, etc. The mothers have different choices that come about when deciding whether or not they want to keep their baby. "More of those teens who do have sex use contraception effectively; and many of those teens who become pregnant have abortions." (Farber, 2014) These young girls are faced with a big decisions on whether they are going to keep their baby. Once they find out they are pregnant, some girls have abortions but others keep the baby. They also have the choice of adoption, which is the least common decision. Teenagers that are pregnant face difficult obstacles that they have to go through during their pregnancy. Some girls face abuse which can harm the baby. "Death from violence is the second leading cause of death during pregnancy for teens, and is higher in teens than in any other group." (Vorvick, 2011) The teen mothers get abused from a family member or a boyfriend. The girls start to feel that they are alone and neglected, when they need support the most. Abuse can harm not only the mother but also the baby, greatly. Good care is required to have a healthy
Being a parent is very demanding and can be hard. The difficulties that come with an unplanned pregnancy in teens can have a profound effect on their life. Their physical, social, mental, and emotional health will all be affected by a sudden change in the course of their life. Teens impacted with an unplanned pregnancy will have to give up many things in order to be a parent. In addition, they will have to take on many more responsibilities that accompany pregnancy and parenthood. All in all, having an unplanned pregnancy and becoming a parent introduce many new responsibilities and difficulties.
Teenagers who become mothers have harsh prospects for the future. Teenagers obtaining abortions are 20% and girls under 15 accounts for 1.2%. They are much more likely to leave of school; receive insufficient prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or en...
Teen pregnancy is increasing yearly. According to the March of Dimes, teenage birth rates have decreased steadily in the country since 1991. Teenage birth rates in the United States remain relatively high compared to the more developed countries.
To begin with, there are many common reasons why teenage pregnancy takes place. In fact, 60% of teenage mothers come from economically disadvantaged households and perform poorly in school. Alex McKay, research coordinator for the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada, explains, "Young women who feel optimistic about their future tend not to get pregnant. Young women who are starting to feel discouraged about their employment are more likely to get pregnant." Moreover, 79% of teen pregnancies happen to unmarried teen couples. The male is usually older than the female in the relationship, and pressures the girl into having unprotected sex. Girls born to teenage mothers also have a 22% higher chance of becoming teen moms themselves, for they often live in a poor environment, like their mothers once did. Significantly, those affected by teenage pregnancy have many similarities.
Planned Parenthood estimates that 3% of their services is to provide abortion. Planned Parenthood is one of the nation's leading providers of high quality, affordable health care for women, men, and young people. It is the nation's largest provider of sex education. It should not be defunded because it really helps everyone in need of it.
Studies show that within the last seven years there has been a dramatic drop in the number of teen pregnancies. Teen pregnancy is best known as, the act of getting pregnant between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. Teen pregnancy does not come with much of a history. In the past, (mostly in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s) it was common for girls to be married between the ages of fourteen and sixteen and give birth not long after. Some girls were having babies as young as thirteen and fourteen years old! During the times that young girls would bear children and be married so young, college and education was not an important factor. As a young girl you learned how to take care of your house, farm, laundry, crops, animals, husband, and children. The father was your main source of income. Obviously things in our time are very different. Over the years a growing importance for education and making a living on your own has become crucial to many women. It was no longer important to have children so soon, but to learn to be a strong, educated, and independent woman. Even now as time has gone by, the image of being a pregnant teenage girl has been glorified solely by media. It becomes less important to get an education so you can get a good job and be able to raise a child and give them a good life, and more important to get pregnant and get a chance to be worshiped nationally on t.v. for being pregnant and making all of your money through fame.
The Feminist Women’s Health Center explain that teenagers who are sexually active who does not use any contraception has a 90 percent chance of becoming pregnant within the first 12 months of being sexually active. Teens also become pregnant when contraceptive methods, such as birth control pills and condoms fail. In those groups of teens who become pregnant, more than one-third obtain an abortion, a forceful termination of the pregnancy through the removal of the embryo or fetus from the uterus. (Welton)
---Trends in teen pregnancy rates from 1996-2006: A comparison of Canada, Sweden, U.S.A., and England/Wales.
In America, one million teenagers get pregnant every year (National Abortion Federation, 2003). Of these pregnancies, 78% are unplanned because these teenagers start having sex at a very young age and are unaware of ways to prevent pregnancies. Thirty-five percent of the pregnant teenagers chose to abort, as they fear that the consequences of the pregnancy might have significant effects on their lives. The problems that come with teenage pregnancies include dropping out of school, receiving inadequate prenatal care, developing health problems, relying on public assistance to raise a child, and probably divorcing their partners. In most states, the law allows pregnant teenagers to take their babies for adoption without consulting their parents.
Teen pregnancy is a big deal. We have seen our numbers of teen’s pregnant drop since 1991 but it is still a high number. Our numbers of teen pregnancy at times have been greater in number than other countries. We see teen pregnancy amongst people in all races, black, white, and Hispanic. Our babies are having babies. Teens are often not careful and have unprotected sex. They think they are mature enough to have sexual relations but in the end our mature enough to care for the consequences of having sex. “Low levels of parental education and income sharply increase the likelihood that a young women will become sexually active and have an unplanned child” (Macionis, 2015). That statement of research is very powerful, but not as powerful as this one, “Compared to young women who lives with both biological parents, those who live with a mother and a stepfather or in some other family arrangements have triple the odds of having a child by age nineteen” (Macionis, 2015). There are ways to prevent teen pregnancy from educating our children about ways of prevention, statistics/research, and simply just being involved with our children.
Teen pregnancy, it’s one of the growing problems in today’s society. Teens today have more problems than ever, and in many cases the parents mistake signs of the problems for mere puberty phase. Beginning problem, which often trigger the others, seem to be families. Deeply religious families are most often heavily strict, and that prevents the teenagers to be informed about real life and what are they getting into. When that kind of person gets in a situation where his or her peers are more experienced then them, the outcome is a pressure. During the puberty the teenagers, especially males, are having problems with controlling their needs. It is easy to get pregnant for today’s teenagers, because they face many unbearable problems.
While many teens that engage in pre-marital sex never become pregnant, some are not as fortunate. Teen pregnancy has become all too common in this day and age. Some teens think it will not happen to them and do not use necessary precautions to protect against it. There are several causes for teen pregnancy and the effects can be life changing.
Though the teen birth rate has declined to its lowest levels since data collection began, the United States still has the highest teen birth rate in the industrialized world. Roughly, one in four girls will become pregnant at least once by their 20th birthday. In addition, young people ages 15 to 24 represent 25 percent of the sexually active population, but acquire half of all new STIs.
A. Attention Getter: The amount of teenagers that get pregnant around the age of 15 through 17 is quite concerning. Even though most Teenage Pregnancies are unintentional, it still means that there are chances of them becoming pregnant.
There are some causes for teenage pregnancies such as low educational level, poverty, getting married at the young age and also immaturity. Most of time teenage pregnancy is just unwanted or even unintended. These factors indicate that the teenage pregnancy whether in the developed countries or the undeveloped countries are related to socioeconomics. Here we have listed some top countries with highest teenage pregnancies.