Teen Pregnancy

Three in ten teenage girls become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20. That is more than 750,000 teen pregnancies a year. Teen pregnancy is a major issue in America. Girls may use it to trap men into relationships, they may think they want a baby, or it could be by accident. Instead of talking to a pregnant teen, I talked to a post pregnant teen. Kelly, 32 now became pregnant at the age of 15 and had the baby at 16. "When I found out I was pregnant I was happy, but scared and I never thought of adoption or abortion." Kelly said "I was very scared to tell my mom and worried if my boyfriend would stay with me." Kelly wanted a baby after she baby sated her older sister's son, Stephen. "I was no longer concerned with my own needs. I Only cared about my son's." Kelly explained. Then Kelly said something that surprised me, "If I could go back in time, I wouldn't change a thing" After all the stress she went through and single parenting she still is happy today. Kelly's boyfriend was in and out of her and her son's life for the first couple of years after she had the baby. She eventually married him and they had another baby, a girl. Unfortunately, they eventually separated. Now she is happy with a boyfriend and bound to get married. Everything worked out for her in the long run.

Having a baby when you are an adult brings you through hardships, being a teen with a baby is even worse. 55% of teen boys and 70% of teen girls wish they have waited longer to have sex. Many teens who have babies are forced to move out from their parents home. Which makes it even harder on the young and nieve parents to survive. With a baby, a teen will most likely not be able to go to college. With out a college degree their annual salary will be much lower, which causes it a lot harder to make it by and even worse in today's economy. Having a baby when you are a teen causes the baby to have a higher risk to become unhealthy. They could be born prematurely, low birth weight, and other problems that may cause death. Teen pregnancy will most likely never stop, but we could try.

All of these statistics and facts about teen pregnancy are from www.marchofdimes.com