Coping With Teen Pregnancy PDF Download

Teenage Pregnancy has been an issue that the United States has dealt with for years. The teen pregnancy rate in our country is much higher than it is in any other developed nation.When a young woman discovers that she is pregnant she has three options. Those options are keeping the child, adoption or abortion. There are outlet centers across the United States to help these girls, no matter what the decision is that they make. Approximately, 56% of teenage pregnancies end in birth. Most of the pregnancies that end in birth, result in the child living with their birth mother. Very few teenagers release their children for adoption. When a teen mother decides to keep her child, the chances of her finishing school drop dramatically. Abortion accounts for 30% of teenage pregnancies. Many times abortions are done when a young woman is afraid to tell her parents that she is pregnant. Many times abortion leads to depression in young women. Adoption is an option that is not widely used by teenage parents. For those who do use adoption, the results are usually positive. The young woman feels a sense of gratitude knowing that she helped a couple that may not have been able to have children otherwise. I explore these options and the agencies that help the young women make theirdecisions in more detail in the paper that follows.