TEENAGE PREGNANCY
INTRODUCTION
Teenage pregnancy has been associated with an endless cycle of poverty. It has been seen that usually the occurrence of teen pregnancy is seen in persons from a lower economic background. Similarly, teenagers who become pregnant tend to drop out of school, resulting in a population with lower qualification and unable to take on higher-paying jobs. Thus the vicious cycle of poverty continues unabated. Teenage pregnancy also results in poor health and long-term repercussions for both the young mother and her children. The need to address this health issue is thus gaining significance; despite the falling rates of teenage pregnancy during the last decade. Poor health of women who get pregnant in their teens is an issue that has to be dealt with immediately as is the school dropout issue
The United Kingdom has been recording a high rate of teenage pregnancy as compared to other countries of similar economic and social stature. Although teenage pregnancy is not necessarily considered adverse to the well-being of the child, there are hostile economic and social outcomes even after adjusting the matrix for pre-existent health and politico-social issues. It has been seen that the age falling between the ambit of childhood and adulthood is filled with extreme anatomical and psychological tendencies that have statistically been recorded to cause unintended pregnancies. These, consequently, pose imminent threats to the young mothers, their families and the society at large.
