Adolescent Pregnancy
The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate of any Western nation, with approximately 560,000 girls giving birth every year. The rate is twice that of Canada and Engl...
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“Early out-of-wedlock childbearing greatly compounds the problem [of poverty].”
—Isabel V. Sawhill
“Existing poverty, alcohol and drug abuse, disrupted families, and violen...
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The teen birthrate in the United States is the highest of any industrialized nation. According to the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that works to improve the lives of impoverished children, &...
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IN A SUBURB north of Minneapolis, eighteen-year-old Mary sits on a sofa holding her infant daughter, who's teething. Having been up with her daughter most of the previous night, Mary is pale and weary...
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A1998 ARTICLE in the New York Times bore the headline: "Fewer Teen-Age Mothers? Maybe. In Los Angeles, They're Skeptical." The article was written in response to a report from statisticians: In 1998 t...
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Teen Sex Drive Halted
Everywhere I go I see teen mothers, alone, trying to make ends meat by begging or prostituting their body, which not only doesn't help their cause but also risks more problems b...
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1. Although the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years it is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. These rates are still higher in...
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Teen pregnancy is a major problem in the United States. There are significantly more teenage pregnancies in the United States than all other developing countries (Cleo & Moore, 1995). According to Th...
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It is 3 am in the morning and you hear a wailing. "Waaaah, waaahh," cries the baby. So you thought that having a baby would be all fun and games? That's definitely not true. While a baby can be a bun...
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Teenage pregnancy is a large and growing problem in the United States. There are almost a million pregnancies of women under 20 each year. 44% of those end up with death for the baby, through miscarri...
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Teen pregnancy is becoming an epidemic that society should be concerned about, but it can be prevented. Society needs to start with the most common reasons teenage girls may become pregnant. After dis...
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Adolescent Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancy
Teen Pregnancy and Parenting
Teen Parenting
