Teen Pregnancy

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Teen Pregnancy

Introduction

Among the industrialized nations , United States has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy , with numerous teenage females becoming pregnant at any given instance . Teen pregnancy is a crisis that concerns the baby , parents , other members of the family , as well as resources of the community . Every year , approximately 750 ,000 women aged 15 to 19 become pregnant every year (Guttmacher Institute , 2006 . Further , child births from teen mothers represent eleven percent of all births in

the United States (Guttmacher Institute , 2006 . Yet in recent years the amount of sexual content being shown on television and other sources of media has increased . Yet consequentially , there is little representation on practices of safe sex in TV portrayals

Causes

A recent study claimed that teenage pregnancies are linked with television programs with sexual content (Yahoo News , 2008 . Teenagers obtain a significant amount of information regarding sex through TV and such programs do not generally emphasize the responsibilities and risks of sex . The study established that television program with sexual content generate teenagers ' perception that there is little risk of sex with no contraception . Consequently , it may be regarded that the low contraceptive use in modern times among United States teenagers is the result of unconstructive sexual contents in television programs . A teenager who is sexually active but does not use contraceptives within a year has a 90 percent possibility of becoming pregnant (Guttmacher Institute , 2006

Nevertheless , despite the...