Teen Pregnancy Aicha Coulibaly 1002
Teen Pregnancy The U.S. has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the industrialized world – twice as high as in England or Canada, and ten times higher than Switzerland. The US teen pregnancy rate has dropped to six percent between 2006 & 2009 according to dosomething.org
The Causes of Teen Pregnancy The main cause of teen pregnancy are Psychological factors Adolescent sexual behavior Lack of disciple and control Sexual abuse Socio – economic factors
What Do Teens Think When They Do Get Pregnant They will feel scared at first Emotional Worried They don’t like talking about at first How would they live after they have the baby Who will help her throughout all of this
The Things Lead to Teen Pregnancy Rape Teens in love Sexual abuse
Did You Know ? 3 in 10 teen American girls will get pregnant at least once before age 20. That’s nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies every year. Black teens have the highest teen pregnancy rate. Hispanics have higher teen pregnancy and birth rates than the overall U.S. population
The Rates The teen pregnancy rate and abortion rate has increased since 2005 and 1967 Statistics say The pregnancy rate will increased of the next 3 years
Did you know ? Boys that have been sexually abused, have more than 2 sexual partners In the past, you had to get married before you have sex Sex education was not an option to teens out ages
Preventions to girls Use birth control Always use a condom Use common sense