- 1/3 of teen girls in the United States become pregnant a year, thats 750,000 teens!
- 2/3 of teens that get pregnant do not graduate high school.
- Most teens who use birth control pills do not use any other method of protection, and many teens are inconsistent in their use of the pill.
- Teen mothers are more likely to be single parents.
- Most teens who use birth control pills do not use any other method of protection, and many teens are inconsistent in their use of the pill.
- Babies born to teen mothers are at higher risk of medical problems such as low birth weight due to improper fetus growth and/or early delivery.
- Pregnant teens are more likely than older pregnant women to abuse drugs, alcohol, or tobacco and are less likely to get good medical care or take good care of themselves while pregnant.
- On the flip side since 1990 the birth rate of younge mothers has dropped about 34%
http://www.teenpregnancystatistics.org/content/teen-pregnancy-facts.html
http://www.pregnantteenhelp.org/articles1.html
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