Teenage Pregnancy

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“Teenage Pregnancy”

Introduction

The Philippines is currently haunted by teenage pregnancy woes as 13.6

percent of girls below 18 years old got themselves pregnant in 2018. Worse, nine

percent of girls aged between 15 and 19 have already given birth or are pregnant, the

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in 2017. Compounding the problem is that

17 percent of females age 15 to 49, the period of fecundity, want to use family

planning methods, but are not doing so or have no access to such methods.

Body

One if the reasons why teenagers are already aware of this topic is because of

the media. They get a higher knowledge to sex from the magazines, TV shows,

internet, movies, and other media. In television, they now also create and make

shows about teen pregnancy. There are a lot of reported cases regarding teenage

pregnancy in the past few years until now.

One of the major causes of teen pregnancy is the absence of affectionate supervision

from parents or guardians. In the current society, parents are either too busy or too

permissive. Apart from the provision of basic needs, parents and guardians are not

involved in the emotional stability of the girl child.

Teenagers, especially girls, go through intriguing situations and changes in which

they need parental support to understand and accept the changes.


Conclusion

Teenage pregnancy is a bad thing for young ones. Therefore, the increasing

rate of pregnant teenage girls should be stopped because of its negative effects. To

avoid it, everyone must be aware of what it is and how it will affect one’s life. The

main reasons for the high rate of teenage pregnancies are inadequate sex education

and a lack of access to birth control. The young person should be taught social values

that they will carry to his/her teen years. Show them the path they must take when

they are young.


“Position Paper”

Submitted by:
Gabrielle Josh B. Rosalita
Grade 11 ABM 2

Submitted to:
Mrs. Rubelin D. Amit

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