Teen Pregnancy And Teenage Pregnancy

When teenagers learn they are pregnant, their dreams become crushed. This is why some minors chose to abort a baby and continue to accomplish their goals in life. According to Medoff, “Teen mothers are less likely to complete their education, to be employed, to have high occupational attainment, to earn high wages and they are more likely to be in poverty and receive welfare assistance (Hoffman 2006)” (Medoff 177-178). Pregnancy significantly impacts a minor’s life by postponing all of the goals they have set for themselves. A baby requires all of the mother’s attention for proper nurturing. Education becomes challenging for a teen to progress in due to balancing their time with school and a baby.

Seven hundred fifty thousand teenagers, ages fifteen to nineteen, become pregnant each year (“Facts”). Teenage birth specialists have often debated whether or not teenagers should have access to birth control and other contraceptives. Although some people think teenagers having birth control will promote promiscuity, birth control should be accessible to teens because they will put themselves at a higher risk for disease and pregnancy without it, and more teenage girls would get a high school diploma with it.

Girls who gave birth while still in high school only 38% of them graduate. The reason the rest of them drop out is since they are forced to work in order to support their child. Nearly all cannot manage parenthood, school, work without family or friends help. With teenage mothers “Their children showed reduced educational attainment, had more emotional and behavioral problems, were at increased risk of maltreatment or harm, and showed higher rates of illness, accidents and injuries.” (Dennison P. 6) Just in the state of Texas, in 2012, there were 44 births per 1,000 girls’ state wide. Nationwide 50% of pregnancies are accidental in 2006. Teen parents also are a financial load to society, According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, in 2004, all together taxpayers paid more than eight billion dollars to help support health cares designed to help the 420,000 teenage mothers who gave birth in that year. “results from economic analyses suggest that implementing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs, expanding access to Medicaid family planning services, and utilizing mass media campaigns to promote safe sex may reduce teen pregnancy and save taxpayer dollars.” (Without the help of drugs like Plan B or any type of birth control, a large amount of teenage girls will become unplanned mothers, making more of a financial burden to society.

Teenage pregnancies have been a critical issue that affects young women all over the world. In some cultures it is normal for teenagers to have children, whereas in America it is looked down on. In “Teenage Pregnancy in the United States” by James Trussell, a professor at Princeton University, he states “one out of every 10 women aged 15-19 in the United States becomes pregnant each year… there will be about 837,000 pregnancies among women aged 15-19, and another 23,000 among those aged 14 and younger” (Trussell 262). There are many reasons why teenage pregnancies may occur, but there are many consequences that come with young mothers bearing children.

In J.K. Rowling’s famous book series Harry Potter, incoming students are sorted into different houses based on their characteristics. One house in particular, Slytherin, contains students with those traits of determination and loyalty. My mother had a rough upbringing; her parents, although loving, seldom abused alcohol, and in her teenage years, she became a mother to a man who eventually cheated on her. However, my mother was determined to give her daughters a better life, and so she did. Eventually, she met my father and had me.

Teen pregnancy is a very controversial social issue and the vast majority of Americans consider the outrageous rate of teen pregnancies a severe issue, certainly a problematic occurrence that is believed to be a moral decline in our country. Teenagers are physiologically capable of reproducing but not emotionally or financially prepared to be parents at such a tender age. Through various research studies a plethora of determinants has pin pointed teens unprecedented pregnancies. One cause of this problem is the apparent indication of social separation or disadvantage. Within this issue you would find poverty, single parent households, educational disadvantages on the parents behalf, a lack family/parental support, and unemployment. A child’s educational performance, inappropriate sexual acts, and inferior apprehensions about their futures play a vital role in teen pregnancies as well. Amongst the listed disadvantages the three that take precedent are lacks of family communication, sexual abuse, and poverty. Furthermore, teen mothers do not fit the ideal ideology of the normative scheduling of motherhood, therefore, ultimately resulting in negative consequences for them and society. What needs to be understood is, as to why the numbers of teens are becoming parents at such a vernal age.

Pregnancy is beautiful; however, for a teenager it can be a philosophical event with long term implications. Wall-Wieler stated that, “Teenage pregnancy is having at least one pregnancy between the ages of 14 and 19 (inclusive)” (4). Such a situation for teenagers comes with many obstacles. Adolescence would lose the opportunity to fully enjoy their teen years. This is a once in a lifetime experience, which would be cut short because of engaging in adult activities. There is also the possibility of frustration, depression and confusion because the situation might be too much to handle. In most cases, teen pregnancy will have a negative effect on the pregnant teen because it will force them to be fully committed to the concerns and needs of the child while neglecting their own.

Teenagers who get pregnant must endure more than the new responsibility of caring for their child, for they must also struggle with keeping up their schoolwork, jobs –if they happen to have one- and financial responsibilities. Ranging from the ages of 15 to 19, teenagers are less likely to be independent of their parents and are still attending school. However, after having a child, many changes occur to the teenagers’ life that affects their priorities. For example, after having children, teenagers become more prone to dropping out of school and also have difficulty acquiring a diploma. Because teens are forced to enter a life of adult responsibilities, they must sacrifice their opportunity of education and their chance at a “normal” teenage life. Sacrificing school makes it more difficult for the teen mother to support herself as well as her child, causing an increase in poverty for these unfortunate children. The statistic of teen pregnancy

Teen pregnancy has become an issue in our society that is affecting us all and the community at large. Teen pregnancy exists in our society due to the dominant culture that sends teens damaging messages about sexuality other reasons include: contraception failure, being drunk, feeling pressured to have unprotected sex or getting caught up in the moment. While the choice to be sexually active is personal, there are several factors that influence pregnancies in the teenage populations. There are external and internal factors that contribute to this problem. Internal factors include conformity, interests and the role of the parent. For instance, external factors include peer pressure from peers and partners, the glamorization of pregnancy through the media and how pregnancy has become iconic in schools and in communities has led to this prominent crisis. Other factors that have contributed to this problem are abstinence-only sex education programs, unwanted sexual intercourse and the fact that many teens are clueless about the different methods of contraception.

Poverty: The social justice and human rights issues that teenage mothers face can have a lasting impact on their lives. Many teenage mothers are at a higher risk for poverty. Teenage girls who become pregnant often come from low socioeconomic circumstances — often having to depend on public assistance as a means of financial support for food and shelter (Rogers, 2017 p.307). Some teenage mothers become single mothers and remain as such for a majority of their lifetime. Only about half of teen mothers earn a high school diploma by age 22. Without an education, it diminishes their chance at job opportunities. Children born to teen parents are more likely to become teen parents themselves. Statistics show that young girls born to teen mothers are 66% more likely to become teen mothers as well, which leads to becoming a generational cycle that is frequently filled with dysfunction. Children living in these environments have a higher risk of being neglected and abused. (Banning, Burton, Pai-Espinosa Prummer, 2016).

Nothing is scarier than the thought of becoming a parent at a young age. Sadly this is a problem that has become common all over the world. Today it is easy to find someone who has experienced teen pregnancy themselves or knows someone who has. So now the question is how do we solve this problem? Why is it so common?

Today woman has made great strides toward establishing her equality and worth in the eyes of her male counterpart. But although she may have broken many barriers and achieved great accomplishments, there are still some deep rooted issues which continue to affect her in a most insidious manner. One of the issues that women face in the United States is teen pregnancy which is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. The rates are still higher than they were only a decade ago. Becoming a parent permanently and profoundly alters a teenager 's life. Most of the girls forget about their dreams of happy marriage, and become mothers at very early age. College is almost always out of the question, graduating High School becomes a goal most teenage moms don 't achieve. Young girls having babies isn 't new, as a matter of fact, teenage parenthood was higher in the 1950 then it is today, but things were different. Most of the girls were eighteen or nineteen and many of them already married. Only a few of single mothers actually kept their babies. Today many mothers are fifteen or sixteen years old. Some are even as young as twelve. Fathers contribute little or nothing to the care of the baby; therefore it 's even harder for the mother. All of a sudden the girl is thrown into the world of responsibilities and duties, where the baby 's needs come before her own. She is expected to balance her school or a job with the full time task of raising a baby. Her world

n the mainstream news, young mothers have received surplus attention due to the large scale viewers of MTV’s shows Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant. Fox News, leaning far right on the political spectrum commented about the extensive publizity. When the stars from these reality shows made front page on US Weekly and People’s magazine Fox News posted an article in response,“ Tabloids Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy By Putting Teen Moms on Covers.” Young teens who became pregnant and now a part of mainstream culture sex is the highlighted deviance described in this article. Fox News argues that we shouldn’t praise these girls for their actions because, they are irresponsible parents that were just looking for a way to make quick money. That, this

Although there are a vast amount of teen pregnancies, the rates of teenage pregnancy are steadily decreasing each year. The birth rate has dropped by nine percent since the year of 2015 and it has dropped sixty-seven percent since 1991 (Scutti). Teenage pregnancy rates are steadily decreasing due to there being more, “access to contraceptives and use of contraceptives” (Berlan). Another reason for

One of the main ways of preventing teenage pregnancy is for males and females to use contraceptives. Although there are many types of birth control methods, there are some that are suitable for teenagers that are sexually active. First, a male can use a condom as a protective measure. Secondly, females can use several different methods that include oral contraception, contraceptive injection, contraceptive patch, and an intrauterine-device (IUD) are all ways to prevent pregnancy for those who are simply not ready to be parents. Since 2011, there has been a huge decline in teenage pregnancy between 15-17-year old’s from 44% of pregnancies to 26% because of the use of contraception (CDC YRBSS). In 2015, there were 58% of teenage girls who visited a birth control clinic in