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Teen Pregnancy Options and Statistics
As teen pregnancy statistics continue to rise, this social issue becomes
more and more pressing in the United States. Though there is much debate
regarding sex education in schools, the teaching of safe sex, pregnancy prevention
and abstinence are all viable options in the quest for reducing the teen pregnancy
rates in this country.
Teen pregnancy is such a growing problem partially because teenagers are less
likely to use contraception correctly and consistently when they are sexually
active. Part of this is because of a lack of knowledge, and part is because
of a lack of access to contraceptive devices. Because more and more teens
are becoming sexually active at younger ages, the problem of teen pregnancy
is drastically increasing.
Because teen pregnancy is on the rise, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
is also rising. Teens are not using proper protection, and therefore are
putting themselves and their partners at risk for diseases like Chlamydia, gonorrhea
or genital herpes. Each year, ten percent of all women aged 15-19 become
pregnant. Almost a third of these pregnancies end in abortion. Adoption
rates are also extremely high for teenage pregnancies.
Teen pregnancy rates are significantly higher in the United States than they
are in countries like England, Canada, the Netherlands or Japan. Thirteen
percent of all births in the United States are to teenage mothers, and three-fourths
of these births occur outside of marriage.
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