Teenage Pregnancy.

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:08:52
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 2 pages (451 words)
Do you know how many teenage girls get pregnant every year? Statistics show nearly 4 in 10 teens become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20. When I handed out a survey to 50 people and 62% said they didn't think sex education programs helped prevent teenage pregnancy, 84% have friends who are sexually active and 66% said they know some one who's been pregnant as a teenager. Today I'm going to persuade you why I don't think …
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…intact families and 44 percent of other girls have had sex at least once. Similarly, teens from intact, two-parent families are less likely to give birth in their teens than girls from other family backgrounds. Today I have just told you why I think sex education programs do not help prevent teen pregnancy that much by telling you some of the rates, consequences and what people are at greater chance to get pregnant as a teen.
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