Teen Pregnancy
By: Caylin Readus
Fact 1
Very few pregnancy are plan
82% are unintended
18% are planned
Fact 2
Pregnant teens are less likely to go to college because of the expenses of taking care of a child.
Fact 3
8 out of 10 teen dads don't marry the mother of their child.
Fact 4
Sexually active teens who doesn't use safety measures has 90% chance of getting pregnant within a year.
Fact 5
More than half of all mothers on welfare had their kids when they were teens.
Fact 6
Raising a child can cost up to $10,000 in the first year alone!
Fact 7
Daughters of teenage mothers are 3 times more likely to be teen moms themselves.
Fact 8
Sons of teen moms are twice as likely to go to jail.
Fact 9
Pregnant teens have the higher risk of getting high blood pressure than pregnant women in their 20s and 30s.
Fact 10
Teenage mothers or pregnant teens are more likely to feel alone, isolated, and scare.
Did Teen Mom Prevent 20,000 Teen Pregnancies?
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