Teen_Pregnancy

Teen Pregnancy Informative Speech Teen Pregnancy Introduction: Attention Getter: According to an Article in Issues and Controversies almost 1 million teenage girls become pregnant every year. Reason to Listen to Topic: Many of you may have known a teenager who has become pregnant. Purpose Statement: Today I am going to talk to you about Teen Pregnancy. Preview Statement: Specifically, I will talk to you about how teen pregnancy is a problem for our society and why teenagers get pregnant, then I will talk to you about how the current system deals with teen pregnancy, and finally I tell you about one proposed solution, like having free birth control for middle and high school students. Body: I. Headline: A. More and more teenagers become pregnant everyday. 1. An Issues and Controversies article stated that 3000 teenage girls become pregnant everyday. 2. And also stated that 10% of all 15-19 year old girls become pregnant every year and 1:5 of those girls will have a 2nd pregnancy within a year. II. Headline A. There are many influences on teen pregnancy in today’s society. 1.According to the book Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: a. Peer Pressure – “ If you love me you’ll do it.” “Everyone is doing it” b. Sex in the media - lots of sex scenes in the TV programs and movies teens watch. c. teen, pregnancy, control, birth, pregnant, about, system, teenagers, teens, sex, current, students, problem, having, –, year, talked, solution, society, schools, school, proposed, middle, high, headline, free, deals, babies, using, one, love, girls, education, become, because