1. Teenage Pregnancy & Premarital Sex By: Samantha Lamanna

3. Babies who are born to women who do not have regular prenatal care are four times more likely to die before the age of one.

4. Children born to teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper nutrition, health care, cognitive* and social stimulation, they are put at risk for lower academic achievement.

5. Increased risk for abuse and neglect.

6. Boys born are 13% more likely to be incarcerated later in life.

7. Girls born are 22% more likely to become teenage mothers themselves.

8. Teenage births give lower annual income for the mother, 80% of teen moms rely on welfare at some point.

9. Teen mothers are most likely to drop out of school.

11. In 1997, 19,725 girls from the ages of 15-19 gave birth and 21,233 had an abortion.

12. In 1997 an estimate of 42,162 pregnancies ended in birth, abortion, or miscarriage.

13. These numbers have declined since 1994, when the estimated total was 46,753.

14. In 1997 the rate dropped standing at 42.7 pregnancies per 1000 women.

15. The decrease in teens in Canada came out a lot earlier then U.S.A, them having double the Canadian rate.

17. Is? Is premarital sex moral? As the media tells us “everyone is doing it.” it is moral. The bible says it is formication*, meaning intercourse between two people who are not married. Premarital sex is a sin and it is not wanted by the church as that is how the church teaches us. The bible promotes complete and total abstinence from premarital sex.

19. Girls that have lack of education of sex ed.

20. Girls who have a lack of access to contraception and sexual health services.

21. 10% of girls 19 and under do get pregnant.

22. Girls who have a low self-esteem tend to revert to sex because they think it’s the only thing they have to value.

24. Usually girls under 15 years of age feel pressured to have sex, and with this the more sex the teen will have the more likely a teenage pregnancy will occur.

25. Most girls 15 and under are pressured by their boyfriends and regret it later on in life.

26. Girls who use contraceptives inconsistently have that chance of getting pregnant.

27. Most girls and boys have sex by the age of 18 just because of their nature even though they have the abstinence sex education in schools.

29. Awareness: Safe sex with precautions is a great way to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Parents should give their children education on different types of contraception methods, with this it isn’t encouraging your child to have sex it is just preparing them about sex and birth control.

30. Abortion: Although this is not permitted by the church it is another method which is when the mother feels she cannot take care of the child therefore reverting to abortion, yet many mothers do have their child.

32. Sexual relations are seen to be shared with a husband and a wife to show their expression of being one and having commitment to each other this of which doe not happen outside of marriage.

34. Respiratory Distress Syndrome: RDS is a breathing disorder that effects new born babies.

35. Socioeconomic consequences: social and economic issues.

36. Pre mature Labor: The onset of labor before the 37th completed week of pregnancy.

37. Cognitive: pertaining to the mental process of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning.

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