2. Facts about
Teenage Pregnancy
• Teenage pregnancy has raised a lot since 2007
• About 10% of all U.S births in 2006 were to
woman under the age of 20
• 67% of births are to teenage girls 18 and 19
• More then 750,000 teenagers get pregnant
each year
• About 3 in 10 teenage girls become pregnant
at least once before age 20
3. Facts continued….
• About 1 in 4 mothers under the age 18 have a
second baby within 2 years after their first baby
• Teen mothers are more likely to give birth
prematurely than mothers over the age of 20
4. Sexually Transmitted Infections
• More then 9 million affect young people ages
15 to 24
• Some STI’s include Chlamydia, which can
cause sterility in the affected individual and
eye infections and pneumonia in the newborn
• Syphilis, which can cause blindness, maternal
death and infant death.
• HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Treatment
during pregnancy greatly reduces the risk of
an infected mother passing HIV to her baby.
5. Abortion
I think Abortion is very wrong, because its killing
a poor unborn baby. Yes I understand that not
wanting to keep the baby can play a part in your
decision, but give the baby up for adoption,
don’t kill it! There are some things that I could
understand when it comes to abortion. If your
raped and you don’t want to remember that
night then get an abortion. Any other time is
wrong!
6. Health Risks For A Baby Born To A Teen
• A baby born to a teen is at higher risk of being
premature, low weight, or death
• Babies of a teenage mother are more likely to die in
the first year of life then a baby born to a mother in
her twenties or thirties
• The risk’s of the baby dying is higher for a teen
mother under the age 15
7. Health Risks Continued….
• In 2005 16.4 out of 1000 babies to woman under 15
years of age died
• In 2006 10% of mothers age 15-19 had a low- birth
weight baby, compared to 8.3% of mothers of all
ages
• 11.7 percent of 15-year-old mothers had a low-birth
weight baby in 2006; 18,403 babies were born to
girls this age, with 2,153 of low birth weight
8. Health Risks Continued….
• 9.5 percent of 19-year-old mothers had a low-
birth weight baby in 2006; 172,999 babies
were born to these women, with 16,362 of
low birth weight (2).
• Babies that are premature and under weight
are at higher risk for their organs to be under
developed
9. Other Consequences Of Teenage
Pregnancy
• Teen mothers are more likely to drop out of school
• Only 40% of teen mothers under the age of 18 go to
graduate high school, compared to 75% of teens
from similar backgrounds
• With any teenage mother that dropped out of
school she may lack certain job skills so she won’t
be able to support her child
10. Consequences Continued….
• Teenage mothers aren’t very independent, they
become financially dependent on family or on
public assistance
• 75% of all unmarried teen mothers go on welfare
within 5 years of their first born child
• 7% of children born to women over age 20 who are
married and high school graduates
11. Recommendations
• If you smoked before you got pregnant, you should
stop
• Get early and regular prenatal care
• Eat a nutritious and or balanced diet
• Stop drinking alcohol and doing illicit drugs
• Alcohol and drug use limit fetal growth and can
cause birth defects
• Avoiding all prescription and over-the-counter
drugs, unless recommended by a health care
provider who is aware of the pregnancy
12. Links For Getting Help
• http://unplannedpregnancy.ning.com/
• http://teenagepregnancy.ning.com/
• http://abortionconsequences.ning.com/
• http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals
/14332_1159.asp
