Teenage Pregnancy

 Teenage pregnancy is a situation which involves female adolescents. A teenage female is

a female between 13 to 19 in age. But sometimes preteens (people under 13) can
become pregnant as well. The fact that teenagers become pregnant is related to many
factors. These are related to the specific situation of the teenager, and the group that
she interacts with. The rates of teenage pregnancy vary from country to country and are
related to differences of sexual activities, the general sex education being provided and
contraceptives being available. Teen pregnancy will sometimes involve low birth weight.
Social matters also play a role: Often, the teenager grew up in poverty. She also often
has a lower level of general education. Pregnancy in teenagers in the developed world
usually occurs outside of marriage.

 Particularly for those who give such dominant concerns as financial issues, family
obligations, or lack of interest in school, a pregnancy may serve as an unacknowledged
catalyzing force for timing of school ’ dropping out of school due to pregnancy is a
prevalent issue as reported in most schools in kenya and this makes the issue of
pregnancy as a reason for school dropout a subject worth investigating. Using data
collected in selected schools in embu municipality, this study examines the factors
associated with schoolgirl pregnancy as well as the likelihood of school dropout and
subsequent re-enrollment of schoolgirls who become analysis is derived from the data
collected from secondary schoolgirls, education officials and teachers on factors that
predispose girls to pregnancy, the extent to which teenage pregnancy contributes to
school dropout and the eventual levels of re-admission. 2006), identified medicaid
restrictions as factors in determining access to abortion services actually increase teen
pregnancy themes abstinence-only education: studies have shown a positive
correlation between abstinence-only programs and an increase in teen pregnancy
(stranger-hall and hall, 2010).

 Teenage pregnancy is commonly the reason why a student drops her studies in order for
her to take the responsibility of being a teen parent.

 To end this, I just want to say that we should be always be sensitive with the things that
we are doing, we should know that one mistake can change our whole life so we must
be matured enough to deal with this kind of things.