Teenage Pregnancy
By: Briana Miller
Statistics
-USA is #1 on the list for teen pregnancies
-52 out of every 1000 teenagers will get pregnant
-Every hour 85 teens get pregnant ( making 2,000 a day)
-Boys are twice as likely to go to jail
-Girls are 3 times as likely to be teen mothers
-Children 50% more likely to not graduate & to repeat a grade
-Costs 240,000 by age 18 plus $83,000 for public college
Fast Facts:
-Have a chance of developing Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression, or Postpartum Psychosis
-Using could help develop Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Down Syndrome, & other birth defects
-Teratogen is a drug that causes birth defects
-Children of teen parents are sexually active at a younger age.
-You CANNOT take it back once it has been done