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Teenage pregnancy refers to the controversial social issue of teenage girls getting pregnant. In developing countries teenage pregnancy is quite usual since many women are expected to be married and with children before they are 20.The perceived problem with teenage pregnancies is that teenagers are not ready, emotionally and financially, to raise children, even if they are physiologically able to. Teenage girls are generally involved in some form of school education and usually still depend on their parents. In many cases, the father of the baby is of similar age and equally unprepared to raise a child.
1 Choice
If the decision is made not to keep the child there are two main options that may be chosen: abortion or adoption.
The relationship between the prospective parents may lead to the father or more usually the mother becoming a single parent.
2 Education
Scientists have long argued that sex education (about contraception and safe sexual behavior) would effectively reduce the number of teenage pregnancies, and countries that do use progressive sex education at a young age, such as the NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium, have a much lower rate of teenage pregnancy than the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in. Conservatives in the US, on the other hand, believe that sexual abstinenceSexual abstinence or chastity is the practice of voluntarily refraining from sexual intercourse and (usually) other sexual activity. The term chastity more frequently implies the application of force or the existence of rules. Sexual abstinence is typical is the only safe way to reduce teenage pregnancies. Scientific studies that have examined such programs have shown no effectiveness at preventing pregnancies or revealed a statistical increase in some programs. Some conservatives think that the validity of such studies is questionable. The religious right in particular feels that giving teenagers sexual information would lead to an increase in sexual behavior and that this is undesirable, and that juveniles have therefore to be shielded from such information and instead be informed strictly about the possible negative effects of sexual behavior, such as sexually transmitted diseases. The George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. His first four-year term as President began on January 20, 2001 following the controversial U. presidential election, 2000, where for the first time in American administration has extensively funded abstinence programs in deference to this point of view.
3 Teenage pregnancy rates
The UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe.
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