This is going to be a quick one. Teenage pregnancy is not a problem. Not in our society. The problem with teenage pregnancy is that it isnt teenage married pregnancy. People have always had pregnancies while they were teenagers back in the day. The thing is that they were married. So what people really have a problem with is teenagers that arent married and are pregnant. And I should say female teenagers because the shame and blame is always placed on the female.
If two teenagers got together at the age of like 16 and were married and then had a child 9 months or later, no one would give a shit. People think that teenage pregnancy is wrong because it is not a nuclear family. It is a single parent family (usually).
But I will say there are some other issues. Like lack of resources. But when a teenagers parents are paying for the grandchild that isnt a problem but its still seen as bad right? I think the bottom line is that more teenagers need to be educated and given resources. Condoms to be exact. Abstinence only programs dont work (bristol palin) and they are a waste of money quite frankly. Holistic approaches? Those are grand. I think that teenagers should be encouraged to abstain while given information about sex and given condoms.
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