contraceptive facts  

1. "The use of contraceptives during first premarital sex has been increasing, rising from 56% among women whose first premarital sex occurred before 1985, to 76% among those who first had sex in 2000–2004, to 84% among those whose first sex occurred in 2005–2008."

obtained from:  http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html on 5/29/12

teen statistics

1. "Each year, almost 750,000 U.S. women aged 15–19 become pregnant.[19] Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among 18–19-year-olds.[19]"

2.  "Eighty-two percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned; teens account for about one-fifth of all unintended pregnancies annually.[23]"

3. In 2008 - 59% of pregancies in teens were live births and 26% resulted in aborted fetuses.

Information obtained from:  http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html on 5/29/12

contraception facts

1. "In general, adolescents in single-parent homes have less money and less parental supervision.  Because they have less money, they have less access to birth control.  Even when birth control is available at no cost, thye may not be able to afford trasnportation to a free clinic."  (12)

Byers, Ann. Teens and Pregnancy: A Hot Issue. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000.

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Depressed Teen Mom 

Image obtained from:

http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1120&bih=622&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=75ID14T7bUYE-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/819010/Young-parents-more-likely-to-be-depressed&docid=nP1PMF_D-p53kM&imgurl=http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/2010/10/depressed_young_mom.jpg&w=424&h=283&ei=uOLET8iWL7K00QHenNTkCg&zoom=1

Obtained on 5/25/12

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