What are the causes of teenage pregnancy?
Have these teenagers become lazy? or do they really want children that young.. with no income alot of the time, unwilling partners and nothing much to fall back upon. In some cases and i will say rare cases these teens feel that they don't want to have a 'teen abortion', as they feel insecure about going to the clinics or they don't believe in it. But in a modern day society it is a very common procedure and I believe it does benefit both the mother and child in some scenarios. Although getting pregnant in this day and age is deemed as unacceptable due to the high amount of contraception and the high amount of sex education which is given in schools nowadays. Most towns have a facility to get free testing and contraception in all shape an forms. Going to these places are a hell of a lot less embarrassing than these teens think. According to some teens it is more embarrassing to go to a family planning clinic to get free contraception than it is to be pregnant? They change their tune as soon as they are far into their pregnancy and they have doctors prodding and glaring into their 'embarrassing area'.
The effects of teenage pregnancy.
A new lifestyle has been created and it seems quite disturbing.... it doesn't seem all that fair to the child or to other members of the society .. TAX payers who are paying for these young girls!
My generation have seemed to have just given up.... is this the cause of the recession? Or is this lifestyle appealing. For some young women it is especially if they live in a tough home where there is crime, drugs and abuse, getting pregnant is an escape to them. Sad as it is its true and I have witnessed a few cases of this.
The solution to this serious issue would be to give more available support to young women in this extreme situation.
Why young girls are getting pregnant and deciding to keep the babies needs to be investigated.
It's not that i'm completely against this but i'm concerned to why so many young women are doing so. What has happened to the budding career woman? The desire to have a glamorous job, to have money to buy desirable things. Being a young female who is more career based i can't comprehend why some girls decide to become teen mothers.
Thursday , October 1st, 2009
Metro newspaper:
Quote Gordon Brown:
"teens don't want babies"
'most teenage pregnancies are unwanted.'
he wants to prevent young parents from automatically getting a council house.
Table 2: Under-16 Conceptions for England, 1998-2007
| Year | Under-16 conceptions | Under-16 conception rate* | Percent leading to legal abortion |
| 1998 | 7,855 | 8.8 | 52.9 |
| 1999 | 7,408 | 8.2 | 53.0 |
| 2000 | 7,620 | 8.3 | 54.5 |
| 2001 | 7,407 | 8.0 | 56.0 |
| 2002 | 7,395 | 7.9 | 55.7 |
| 2003 | 7,558 | 7.9 | 57.6 |
| 2004 | 7,181 | 7.5 | 57.6 |
| 2005 | 7,473 | 7.8 | 57.5 |
| 2006 | 7,330 | 7.7 | 60.2 |
| 2007 | 7,715 | 8.3 | 61.9 |
Table 1: Under 18 Conceptions for England: 1998-2007
| Year | Under-18 conceptions | Under-18 conception rate* | Percent leading to legal abortion |
| 1998 | 41,089 | 46.6 | 42.4 |
| 1999 | 39,247 | 44.8 | 43.5 |
| 2000 | 38,699 | 43.6 | 44.8 |
| 2001 | 38,461 | 42.5 | 46.1 |
| 2002 | 39,350 | 42.7 | 45.8 |
| 2003 | 39,553 | 42.2 | 46.1 |
| 2004 | 39,593 | 41.6 | 46.0 |
| 2005 | 39,804 | 41.3 | 46.8 |
| 2006 | 39,170 | 40.6 | 48.8 |
| 2007 | 40,298 | 41.7 | 50.6 |
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