Preventing Teenage Pregnancies
Pregnancy among teenagers is becoming a major problem in the United States. There are approximately one million teen pregnancies only in the U.S (“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy”); almost eighty-five percent of these pregnancies are unplanned. The statistics in the USA are higher than in any other country in the world; it’s twice as high as Canada and England (“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts”). The risk of teen mothers who are not receiving prenatal care is a huge problem. About seven percent of teen mothers are not receiving prenatal care at any cost (“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy”). The rates of teen pregnancies decreased between the years of 1991 and 2005. In 2007 there was a three percent increase (“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts”). Teen pregnancies rates are climbing now every year in the United States. This is a massive problem because the United States’ cost from teenage pregnancy is around seven billion dollars annually. This money Founds and promotes into abstinence education programs and other arrangements to avoid teenage pregnancies and disease. Teen mothers are suffering the consequences because they are less likely to finish high school, and eighty- percent end up on welfare (“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention”).
Teenage pregnancies also have higher death rates for both the mother and the children. Babies delivered by teenagers have numerous threatening factors. The baby evolving inside a teenage mother’s stomach is often unsafe. The teenage mother’s newborns have a superior risk of coming out with lower birth rates (Wilkinson). An Irish research team said that nearly all pregnant teenage girls are expected to give birth ahead of time, and more frequently hold smaller babies than women in their twenties. Another study says that 93 percent girls under the age of seventeen are more likely to have their second baby prematurely. Most babies that are born premature or with a low birth weight possibly will not contain organs that are not in good health. This can give the baby several health problems such as breathing problems and bleeding in the brain. These children have the higher risk of dying in their first year of existence (“Teenage Pregnancy”).
Adolescents who are sexually active and don’t have any use of pregnancy prevention have ninety percent risk of getting pregnant (Robert B & the Ingram). There is different ways to help and prevent these issues. Many programs are trying to prevent unexpected pregnancies. According to Robert B. McCall and Angela Ingram, several programs have been observed and they all ended up in three of the most developed categories for preventing teenage pregnancy. The first category is education to instruct adolescents about sexuality, managing all young people to be in charge of their own and their partners sexually circumstances, family preparation, and birth prevention. Secondly, teens need to learn and have access to contraception. To all those who are sexually active; preventive centers and programs avoiding teen mother should give them the knowledge about medical services voluntarily available and at lower cost. The last category is life options, offering adolescents rational life alternatives and inspiring these young kids to prevent sexual activities and escape pregnancy and diseases.
Works Cited
B. Robert Ingram McCall and Angela. “The Problem.” Preventing Teenage Pregnancy. Preventing Teenage Pregnancy. 1994. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.education.pitt.edu/ocd/publications/sr1995-03.pdf>.
“Teenage Pregnancy.” March of Dimes. March of Dimes.2010. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/medicalresources_teenpregnancy.html>.
“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention.” Solutions for America. Healthy Families & Children. 2003. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/healthyfam/teenage-pregnancy.html>.
“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts.” Family First Aid. Troubled Teen Help. 2004. Web. 20 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.familyfirstaid.org/teen-pregnancy.html>.
Wilkinson Emma. “Teenagers 'Risk Premature Babies'.” News Health. 2010. Web. Nov. 28. 2010.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10554122>.
“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy.” Do something. Do something more. n.d. 18 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy>.
Pregnancy among teenagers is becoming a major problem in the United States. There are approximately one million teen pregnancies only in the U.S (“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy”); almost eighty-five percent of these pregnancies are unplanned. The statistics in the USA are higher than in any other country in the world; it’s twice as high as Canada and England (“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts”). The risk of teen mothers who are not receiving prenatal care is a huge problem. About seven percent of teen mothers are not receiving prenatal care at any cost (“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy”). The rates of teen pregnancies decreased between the years of 1991 and 2005. In 2007 there was a three percent increase (“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts”). Teen pregnancies rates are climbing now every year in the United States. This is a massive problem because the United States’ cost from teenage pregnancy is around seven billion dollars annually. This money Founds and promotes into abstinence education programs and other arrangements to avoid teenage pregnancies and disease. Teen mothers are suffering the consequences because they are less likely to finish high school, and eighty- percent end up on welfare (“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention”).
Teenage pregnancies also have higher death rates for both the mother and the children. Babies delivered by teenagers have numerous threatening factors. The baby evolving inside a teenage mother’s stomach is often unsafe. The teenage mother’s newborns have a superior risk of coming out with lower birth rates (Wilkinson). An Irish research team said that nearly all pregnant teenage girls are expected to give birth ahead of time, and more frequently hold smaller babies than women in their twenties. Another study says that 93 percent girls under the age of seventeen are more likely to have their second baby prematurely. Most babies that are born premature or with a low birth weight possibly will not contain organs that are not in good health. This can give the baby several health problems such as breathing problems and bleeding in the brain. These children have the higher risk of dying in their first year of existence (“Teenage Pregnancy”).
Adolescents who are sexually active and don’t have any use of pregnancy prevention have ninety percent risk of getting pregnant (Robert B & the Ingram). There is different ways to help and prevent these issues. Many programs are trying to prevent unexpected pregnancies. According to Robert B. McCall and Angela Ingram, several programs have been observed and they all ended up in three of the most developed categories for preventing teenage pregnancy. The first category is education to instruct adolescents about sexuality, managing all young people to be in charge of their own and their partners sexually circumstances, family preparation, and birth prevention. Secondly, teens need to learn and have access to contraception. To all those who are sexually active; preventive centers and programs avoiding teen mother should give them the knowledge about medical services voluntarily available and at lower cost. The last category is life options, offering adolescents rational life alternatives and inspiring these young kids to prevent sexual activities and escape pregnancy and diseases.
Works Cited
B. Robert Ingram McCall and Angela. “The Problem.” Preventing Teenage Pregnancy. Preventing Teenage Pregnancy. 1994. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.education.pitt.edu/ocd/publications/sr1995-03.pdf>.
“Teenage Pregnancy.” March of Dimes. March of Dimes.2010. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/medicalresources_teenpregnancy.html>.
“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention.” Solutions for America. Healthy Families & Children. 2003. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/healthyfam/teenage-pregnancy.html>.
“Teen Pregnancy Statistics and Teen Pregnancy Facts.” Family First Aid. Troubled Teen Help. 2004. Web. 20 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.familyfirstaid.org/teen-pregnancy.html>.
Wilkinson Emma. “Teenagers 'Risk Premature Babies'.” News Health. 2010. Web. Nov. 28. 2010.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10554122>.
“11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy.” Do something. Do something more. n.d. 18 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-pregnancy>.