1. TEEN PREGNANCY Did you know…
1 in 3 US teens, age will experience
pregnancy
About half of these pregnancies will end in live birth
About 1/3 will terminate the pregnancy
About 1 in 7 will end in a miscarriage

2. TEEN PREGNANCY CHOICES
Choose to parent
Adoption
Terminate the pregnancy
3 out of 10 teen mothers will Terminate the pregnancy
1 out of 10 teen mothers will place the baby for adoption
6 out of 10 will choose to parent

3. ADOPTION-CLOSED ADOPTION-OPEN
Adopting Parents/Placing Parents never meet and know nothing or very little about one another
ADOPTION-OPEN
Sharing of information and/or contact between the adoptive and biological parents of an adopted child
This can occur before, during and/or after the placement of the child

4. ADOPTION-SAFE HAVEN
Nevada law (NRS 432B.630) states that a birth parent (mother or father) may leave their newborn, 30 days old or younger who does not appear to be abused or neglected, at a designated Safe Haven location.
Locations include Local Hospitals, Urgent Care Facilities, any Manned Fire or Police Station
Call HOPE
Medical history questions including your baby’s medical record will help to answer health questions

5. Teen Parenting Challenges
Costs of having a baby
Finishing education
Having a social life
Learning how to care
for a baby
Losing your partner
and doing it alone

6. Teen Mothers… Teen Mothers: Only 1 in 10 graduates with her class
Only 4 in 10 get a high
school diploma
Only 1.5% will earn a
degree by age 30
80% of teen moms go on welfare
Only 30% receive child support

7. Teen Fathers: Teen Parents May feel left out and powerless
May need to quit school to work
May live in poverty, possibly for life
May have feelings of anger and regret

8. Teen Pregnancy: the Children
Children born to teen parents are more likely to:
be low birth weight
have health problems and
be hospitalized
die in infancy
be poor, abused or neglected
be low achievers in school & have social & behavioral problems
Be incarcerated in their teens or 20’s
To be unemployed and to become teen parents
They are Less likely to graduate from high school

9. Teen Pregnancy: Mother’s Lifestyle choices impact Baby’s Health!
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Effect
Inability to connect cause and effect
Difficulty bonding with others
Under or Overactive response to stimuli
Learning disabilities
Inappropriate responses to social cues
Health problems, physical anomalies
Developmental delays