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Elvina Higgs Jeff & PG College Bound 903 May 30, 2013 Teen Pregnancy Affects America

[|According to Mari Barbara]teen pregnancy decreased 305% - 36% in a decade for girls 17 and younger but the government had to pay $9.1 ntbillion for teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy affects America in the following ways 1) Teen pregnancies affect their education and their childhood.2) Teen pregnancy affects the government and economy. 3) Teen pregnancy affects the parents mentally, emotionally and physically. Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl, usually within 13-19 becoming pregnant. Low self-esteem is among the cause of teen pregnancy. Children who are not shown love and affection at home often end up pregnant. Many teenage feelings pressures by their peers to have sex before they are ready. Parenting at a young age can be challenging but it can be more challenging for the parents of the teenagers.

Teen pregnancy affects their education and their childhood. [|According to Sarah Kliff]asserts most teenagers don’t plan to get pregnant but many do. Teen pregnancies carry extra health risks to the mother and the baby. Some teenagers didn’t receive timely prenatal care and they have a higher risk of getting pregnant. [|Rachel Balik]states some teenagers make a pack to get pregnant together. Some teenagers want to have a baby so they will finally have someone to love them unconditionally, a group of teens at Gloucester high school decided to get pregnant and raise babies together. Teen pregnancy affects their child hood because most teenagers don’t plan to get pregnant, but most do. Teen pregnancy carries extra health risk to the mother and the baby. Some teenagers plan to have a baby so they would have someone to love them unconditionally.



Teen pregnancy affects the government and economy. According to [] states that teen pregnancy is closely related to many significant social and economic issues including the educational attainment of teen mother and their children, poverty, lifetime. Only two thirds of the children of teens will graduate from high school. Teenage pregnancy affects the government and the economy because the government have to pay a lot of money for teen pregnancy all the money the government pays should go for something else more important.[| According to Marissa Mafteiu]“by age 15, 13% of girls and 15% of boys have engaged in sexual intercourse, and by 18, nearly 60% of all teenagers have had sex. While these facts are troubling for youth, the direct effects of unexpected births on young women have an impact on all members of the community.”“Between 1991 and 2004, there were more than 218,000 teen births in Michigan, costing taxpayers a total of $5.8 billion over that period (over $446 million per year.” Teenage pregnancy affects the government and the economic status because teenagers get pregnant or teenagers have a child before they even reach to the age 18. In 1991 to 2004 more than 218,000 teen births the tax payers had to pay more.

Teen pregnancy affects their parents mentally, emotionally, and physically Teen mothers face a lot of challenges including finical difficulties, also an unstable relationship.[| According to the U.S Department of Health] states teenage pregnancy cost the U.S billions of dollars? Parents have to pay for health care, having a baby at a young age can be tuff. Living in your mother or parenting house puts stress on your parents. Teenage pregnancy affects the parents physically because teenage mothers face a lot of parentally challenges. Including finical difficulties also parenting isn’t easy its hard work especially if you have a baby at a young age.



Teen pregnancy affects America because having a baby and going to school isn’t going to be easy. Teen pregnancy affects the government and economy because the government has to pay millions and billions of dollars for teen pregnancy of the ages seventeen and younger. Teen pregnancy affects their parents mentally, emotionally and physically. My topic is important because a lot of teenagers can relate to teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy needs to be stopped because the cost to society and the individual is too great.