Teen Pregnancy Case

Teen Pregnancy

Phyllis Lovering

AIU ONLINE

Teen Pregnancy

     In the United States we have about 42 million teenagers. Teen pregnancy are a result of Peer

pressure and fitting in with the other girls. Majority of Babies born to teenagers. Are born to

unwed mothers. Before 1980 most teen mothers were married, after that era most teen

pregnancies were unwed. The last few decades is has declined, but, still has a high rate.

     For some teenagers, they see in the tabloids or maybe a movie where their idol is pregnant or

starring in a movie about teen pregnancy and want to follow in their footsteps. They are to busy

wanting to be like the other girls, they do not think in the long run. Most teen pregnancies result

into another family drawing public assistance. Many draw Food stamps, Medicaid and

 Tanf (Temporary aid to needy families). Most women have to raise these kids alone so only

place they have to turn is government assistance. Furthering their education or work is put on

hold. Many of these girls have no high school diploma. When an unwed mother goes on public

assistance it puts more of a strain on the working class people.

   When a student drops out of high school the country suffers a lost wage income. One person

drops out of high school costs the nation around $260,000 dollars yearly. Each year the taxpayers

pay a lot of money for healthcare for cost for unwed mothers.

     Babies born to teenage mothers tend to be not as healthy as babies born to older women.

Contributions of this are drug use, cigarette use and not eating healthy. Many teen mothers have

a second child before their teenage years are over. This makes the burden on the teenage mother

greater.

     With proper programs to teach these young ladies about the responsibility of having a baby,

we may can slow down the teenage pregnancies and help the economy at the same time.

Becoming a parent is a life long responsibility.

Sources

Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974) [Public Health Rep] 2015 May-Jun; Vol. 130 (3), pp. 196-8

Department of Health and Human Services (US), Office of Adolescent Health. Pregnancy assistance fund resource and training center [cited 2015 Feb 19].