Teenage Pregnancies and Their Options
Teenage pregnancies are a difficult thing to deal with but teenage girls have options; adoption, abortion, foster care, and parenting. Being pregnant as a teenager can cause many mishaps in a girl’s life. Some people believe that the reason why adolescent girls are becoming pregnant is due to their family situation, for example, the parents’ failure to teach certain values and not encouraging their children’s goals.
Although teenage pregnancy is a major concern in our society, the number of teenagers getting pregnant is declining. “A total of 3,900,089 babies were born in the United States in 1995, one percent fewer than in 1994. The birth rate for Black teens decreased from 104.5 births per 1,000 women in 1994 to 95.5 births per women in 1995. This rate dropped 17 percent from 1991 to 1995. Overall, the teen birth rate between 1994 and 1995 dropped 3 percent between the ages of 15 and 19 from 58.9 to 56.9 births per 1,000 women. This......
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