Q.+Hall

 Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is a social problem that faces America because the amount of teens that get pregnant increases everyday. In my opinion teen pregnancy is immoral. Teen pregnancy is a issue because it henders education oppurtunities. Teen girls that have babies have to take time out to give birth and take care of children, when that should be the least of their worries. Teen years is the time for fun, not parenthood.

I chose this topic because I feel like its important. I want to learn statistics about teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a girl could go through. Also learning about this issue would help me be able to learn the downfalls so that I could restrain from teen pregnancy.

Annotated Bibliography

1 ) [] **This website informed me about the choices that teen parents have like adoption and abortion. This website also informed me on how some teens are indenial and how it ends up hurting them and their baby in the long run. Adoption.com 11/18/09**

2) [] **This website was a lot of help because it had statistics on teenagers who participate in sex, teenage birthrates,STD statistics and more. Pregnant Teen Help 2005**

3) [] **This website also had statistics and percentages on teenage pregnancy. It also talked about probabilites of teens who get pregnant who are in a single family home versus a two parent family home. Troubled Teen Help 2002-2004**

4) [] Option Line 11/19/09**
 * This website talked about contraception and the causes and effects, emotional and physical, of teen pregnancy. It was informative on the body of a teenage mother and how it alters emotions while trying to cope with motherhood.

5) [] 11/18/09 **
 * The Center for Disease control says that one third of girls get pregnant before the age of 20; The site stated that about 750,000 teen pregnancies occur annually. This website basically talked about teen pregnancy but dealt with more numbers.**
 * The Center for Disease



I.Teen Pregnancy a. Henders Education Oppurtunities b. Negative Impacts On The Childs Life c. Economic Problems II. Henders Education Oppurtunities a. Miss out on the high school experience b. Doctors appointments and prenatal care interfere with attendance c. Focusing would be hard III. Negative Impacts On The Childs Life a. The child might grow to be a teenage parent b. Due to an undeveloped body things may be wrong with the child IV. Economic Problems a. You’re not able to provide for your children especially if you have unsupportive parents b. You have to put your wants aside to think about your child and its needs first 

From my research I learned about why some teens girl get pregnant. One source told me that some teen girls get pregnant because they want to feel love from someone. Other teens get pregnant because they want to keep a boy around. I also learned that teen pregnancy can affect and harm your body due to unfinished development. Teen pregnancy can also affect the baby. Your education gets put on hold and you will need constant support. Something that caught my attention was that some teens go through their pregnancy without prenatal care. Overall this topic educated me in a lot of ways. Some people feel as thiough the media is promoting teen pregnancy because of movies and series that they expose to teenagers. Little kids are also exposed to pregnancy because they make a pregnant Barbie. Little girls are playing with pregnant Barbies and it’s not a good influence. This situation is has a negative sociological impact on society because it is not believed that teens should be out having sex and kids. Reducing teenage pregnancy is one of the most effictive ways to reduce poverty in the country.