Teen Pregnancy

Teen Pregnancy



You look in the mirror but things just aren’t the same since that one special night with your lover. Two months have gone by and you’ve missed your 2nd period. Your friends are telling you to take a pregnancy test. You still can’t forget around this time two months ago you and your boyfriend had sexual intercourse with using no protection. You come to find out your pregnant. This isn’t a big surprise. 19% of all women between the ages of 15-19 that are sexually active become pregnant each year. Now your probable thinking ok 19% isn’t that high right. True but you have to look at how many girls there are in the US. If you use numbers its around 1 million girls in those age ranges that become pregnant each year.
Around 78% of all teen pregnancies are unplanned. Accounting for around ¼ of all accidental pregnancies annually. Now about 13% of all births in the US are from teens. Which are almost all unplanned. Teen pregnancy is really not a good thi...