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Philippines counts cost of teenage pregnancy

Teenage pregnancy is a typical situation here in Philippines which Adolescent mothers ar

e more likely not to finish high school or college and are most likely to be unemployed. T
housands of young Filipinos dropped out due to early teenage pregnancy.

As the article indicated that a lot of teenagers are dropping out or quitting school is a fact
or that affects their future. There is also stated that the organization launched a campaign
against teenage pregnancy to poor provinces which is a very effective way to lessen the te
enage pregnancy in that area. Agreeing with the part that teenage pregnancy also caused f
orce labor in teenagers. Teenage pregnancy will also cause poor living and will also more
likely affect the health, education and future of their child. I strongly agree with the fact t
hat teenage pregnancy also affect the society. It shows at the statistics that the cases of tee
nage pregnancy fell to 5.4% in 2022 from 8.6% in 2017. This shows the inaccuracy of sta
tistics due to pandemic.

The article is very informative, it shows a lot of information and experience of teenagers.
It also shows how it affects their life and how teenage pregnancy affects the economy. De
finitely worth reading if you're interested with social issues and economic issues of the P
hilippines.