Unwanted_Pregnancies

Unwanted Pregnancies There are many problems in today’s society. One major problem is unwanted pregnancy. Some teenagers are sexually active and are not seeking birth control help because they are concerned that their parents will find out or will not agree for them to be sexually involved. Most young people begin having sex in their mid- to- late teens. The overall U. S. teenage pregnancy rate declined 17% between 1990 and 1996 from117 pregnancies per 1,ooo women aged 15 -19 to 97 per 1,000. Teens who get pregnant feel that they have no alternative but to drop out of school 7 in 10 teen mothers complete high school, but they are less likely than woman who delay childbearing to go on to college. The reason for drop out is that some of the family members make them feel ashamed, telling the girl that she is a disgrace to the family. Sometime the girl might not have the proper clothes, shoes, and even money to buy her the things that she need. Girls could be belittled by the baby’s father who may be young as well. Another reason a teen girl would drop out of school is, she may have sickness that causes her teens, parents, teen, pregnancy, out, young, sexually, school, reason, one, girl, family, drop, about, women, teach, taught, sex, reasons, proper, pregnant, per, mother, might, members, lot, just, having, girls, feel, even, contraceptive, being, ashamed, another