TEENAGE PREGNANCY

Save The Children
IMPACT
Why This Girl Opened A New Toy -- And Found A Pregnancy Test Instead
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Every two seconds, a girl gives birth, reports Save The Children.
ethnic teenage girl praying (shot in b/w. dof)
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BLACK VOICES
The Black Church Can Help Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancies
By Joshua DuBois, Contributor
Obama's former faith advisor, writer, CEO
When the Black church gets involved with issues it is "not supposed to" get involved with, great things tend to happen.
A woman visits the Macauley government hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with her baby on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. She is having her temperature taken prior to entering, as part of Ebola prevention.
AP/Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville
THE WORLDPOST
Poverty Linked To Thousands Of Young Pregnancies During Ebola Crisis
By Flora Bagenal, Women & Girls Hub
During Sierra Leone’s Ebola crisis, thousands of girls became pregnant, some as young as nine. Communities report that there
IMPACT
Religious Defense of Child Marriage in Trinidad and Tobago Ignites Firestorm
By Jessica Joesph , Contributor
Creative Director, Human Rights Activist, Blogger
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is ablaze with anger and a sleeping giant has awoken. The Inter Religious Organization (IRO) voted 17 to 24 in favor of keeping an old colonial law allowing child marriage of girls as young as 12 years old.
WOMEN
Why a Seattle Teen Disclosed Her Abortion Decision for Her Senior Class Project
By Kerrie Houston Reightley, Contributor
Writer
By the luck of the draw and, perhaps, by the grace of God, too, I don't have a teenage abortion to whisper about, let alone shout. If I did, I secretly wonder if I would be one of those courageous women, sharing their experiences, at #Shoutyourabortion.
MANIKGANJ, BANGLADESH - AUGUST 20: 15 year old Nasoin Akhter is consoled by a friend on the day of her wedding to a 32 year old man, August 20, 2015 in Manikganj, Bangladesh. In June of this year, Human Rights Watch released a damning report about child marriage in Bangladesh. The country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with 29% of girls marrying before the age of 15, and 65% of girls marrying before they turn 18. The detrimental effects of early marriage on a girl cannot be overstated. Most young brides drop out of school. Pregnant girls from 15-20 are twice as likely to die in childbirth than those 20 or older, while girls under 15 are at five times the risk. Research cites spousal age difference as a significant risk factor for violence and sexual abuse. Child marriage is attributed to both cultural tradition and poverty. Parents believe that it 'protects' girls from sexual assault and harassment. Larger dowries are not required for young girls, and economically, women's earnings are insignificant as compared to men's. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
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THE WORLDPOST
Heartbreaking Photos Show A Child Bride's Wedding In Bangladesh
By Nick Robins-Early
Nearly one-third of Bangladeshi girls are married by age 15.
PARENTING
What Pregnant and Parenting Teens Really Need
By Seleni Institute, Contributor
Nonprofit organization prioritize the emotional health of wome...
When I got pregnant and became a mother at 15, I experienced an overwhelming onslaught of disrespect and shame from family members, friends and perfect strangers.
PARENTING
What Every Parent Should Know About Teen Pregnancy
By Kids in the House, Contributor
The ultimate parenting resource from pregnancy to college
With the upcoming return of MTV's popular reality show "Teen Mom," teenage pregnancy is at the forefront of not only parent minds, but also pop culture.
BOOKS
(Pro)creationism in Schools
By Glenn C. Altschuler, Contributor
Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and De...
Impressively researched and informative, the book makes a persuasive case that sex education has not had -- and, in all likelihood, cannot have -- a significant impact, one way or the other, on the onset or frequency of intercourse, teenage pregnancy, or venereal diseases.
WOMEN
Teen Impregnation Is the Real Problem, Not Teen Pregnancy
By Sherry Hamby, Ph.D., Contributor
Research Professor in Psychology, Sewanee, the University of t...
When a teenage girl gets pregnant, it is often the fault of an adult male. You would not know it from reading most of the government reports and scientific publications, but teen impregnation involves men, too -- not just teenage girls and not even just teens.
LATINO VOICES
Pregnant Teens Under Age 15 Are More Likely To Be Hispanic
By VOXXI, VOXXI
The findings from this most recent study go along with previous data on Latina teen pregnancy. Latinas and African American
IMPACT
Let Girls Lead Video Contest: Emmanuela Alimlim
By Rise Up, Contributor
Rise Up enables girls, youth, and women to transform their own...
Emmanuela Alimlim is from Kenya. Her mother gave birth to her at age 15 and Emmanuela's sister gave birth to her first child at age 15 as well. After seeing several of her classmates drop out of school due to early pregnancies, Emmanuela decided that it was time to do something about early and forced marriage and teen pregnancy in her community.
IMPACT
World Population Day Raises Teen Pregnancy Awareness
By Nader Salass
RELIGION
Live Nativity: The Prodigal Mother
By Brenda Peterson, Contributor
Brenda Peterson Books
My mother always taught us that no one should be alone at Christmas. We must expect miracles and mysteries. The gifts of
WOMEN
Major Pediatric Group Throws Support Behind Emergency Contraception For Teens
By Catherine Pearson
Thus, one focus of the new policy statement is the importance of writing a prescription before it is needed. A 2010 review
NEW YORK
Teenagers Have Sex: Deal With It
By Marianne Mollmann, Contributor
Director of Regional Programs at the Fund for Global Human Rights
High School students under the age of 19 account for approximately one-third of all newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in New York State. And not surprisingly, teen mothers are much less likely to graduate from high school than their peers who didn't give birth.
COLLEGE
Income Inequality, Economic Despair, and Teen Childbearing
By Phillip B. Levine and Melissa S. Kearney, Contributors
Despite a decline of almost 50 percent over the past two decades, rates of teen childbearing in the United States are twice as high as in Canada and Australia, three times higher than in Germany, and eight times higher than in Switzerland.
PARENTING
EVIL TEENS: Irony, Prison Make-Up and Other Horrifying Truths about Teenage Life in America
By Malina Saval, Contributor
Author, "The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional Wo...
In a classroom, a group of eighth graders dressed in skinny jeans, shrunken cardigans and obscure indie rock band tees gather together. Their teacher flips open her laptop to take notes.
SCIENCE
Sex Education Delays Teens' Sexual Activity, Study Shows
Using protection "These demographic groups have poorer SRH [sexual and reproductive health] outcomes, including higher rates
HIGH SCHOOL
Teen Moms Speak Out About Balancing Motherhood And College
By Carolyn Gregoire
SAN FRANCISCO
Mail-Order Condom Program For Teenagers Causes Controversy
By Carly Schwartz
EDUCATION
Will Arkansas Officials Support Black Student Achievement?
By Rashad Robinson, Contributor
Executive Director of Color Of Change
Kymberly Wimberly was forced to share a "co-valedictorian" designation with a lower achieving White student. This after a staffer worried aloud that having her in that role would cause "a big mess."
WELLNESS
Why Gaby Rodriguez Should Be Applauded
By Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D., Contributor
Clinical psychologist and developer of hypnotic audio products.
For decades social psychologists have been developing research strategies to generate the kind of data that Gaby collected during her project. This is the prism through which Gaby's experiment should be viewed.
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