What Is Teen Pregnancy?
Teen Pregnancy is a family and personal problem among teens today. It can be rather frighting and can change your life at an instant. Teen pregnancy is a pregnancy occurring in a young girl between the ages of 13 and 19. According to do something.org, " 3 in 10 teen American girls will get pregnant before they are even 20."
Teen Pregnancy usually starts when girls are in high school or middle school. "The U.S has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western world. From 1990-2008, the rate decreased 42%. In 2008, the rate among African-American and Hispanic teen girls, age 15 to 19, was over two and a half times higher than the rate among white teen girls of the same age group." says do something.org.
It's important to solve this issue because it effects many teen girls. They need to know that it's better to wait after high school and college to become a proper mother to the child. This doesn't just go for us girls, but for guys also, to become a good father.
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Teen Pregnancy usually starts when girls are in high school or middle school. "The U.S has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western world. From 1990-2008, the rate decreased 42%. In 2008, the rate among African-American and Hispanic teen girls, age 15 to 19, was over two and a half times higher than the rate among white teen girls of the same age group." says do something.org.
It's important to solve this issue because it effects many teen girls. They need to know that it's better to wait after high school and college to become a proper mother to the child. This doesn't just go for us girls, but for guys also, to become a good father.
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