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NFORMATI
VESPEECHABOUTTEENAGEPREGNANCY

IAMHEREINFRONTOFYOUTODAYTOSPEAKMYTHOUGHTSANDOPI
NI
ON
ABOUTTEENAGEPREGNANCY.

I
ntoday’ sgen erat
ion,th
eamou ntofteen agep r
egn ancyisqu i
tealar ming.Areyou
famil
i
arwi ththewor dteen agep r
egnancy? Fort h osewh odon’tknowt eenage
pregnan cyi sas i
tuati
onwh ichin
volvesyou ngfemal e,getti
ngp r
egn an taroundthe
ageof14- 17.
Accor di
ngt oUNPop ul
ati
onFu nd(UNFPA) ,
thisacti
velydemon str
ates
thatteen agep regnancyh asah ugerateh ereinthePh i
l
ippi
n es
.Someoft heFil
ipi
no
youthn ationwidewh oadmi ttedofexperiencin
gp remar i
talsexar eb eingabusedan d
molestedn otjustbytheirboyfri
endsb utalsothei
rr el
atives.

Accor di
n gt os omeon eI know, ther eas onofl ivi
ng-i
nt oget herist ogi vet heirch i
l
da
comp l
etef ami ly, des p i
tethef actt hatt heyar enotr eadyf orit.Al otoft een agers
gotp r
egn an t,somet imeswi sht heywer en ’t.Ab orti
onwh ichi sagai n stthel awan dt o
Godi scommont ot een agep regn antwoman .Th eyt hi
n kofdoi ngitcon sider i
n gthat
theyb othar en otr eadyt obeap ar
en tort heydon ’
twan tt heirp aren tst of i
ndou t.
Mos toft het een agep regnantwomeni nvolvet hems elvest op r
emar itals exwi t
hou t
event hi
n ki
n gt hep os si
b l
econ s equen cesofdoi ngit. “
Th i
n kb eforeyouact ”i sin
deed
amu st,h owevert her eareal sot een agewomanwh ogotp regn an tb ecau seoff lesh
greedines sb etrayedb yt hep eop l
et heyt rustedt hemos t. Teen ager sb ecome
knowledgeab leab ou tsexb ecau seofwh att heygett h r
ou ghmedi a. Mos tcommon l
yin
themagazi nes ,TVs hows ,int
er netan deveni nthemovi es .Lackofat ten tionan d
feeli
ngofn otloveb yt heirpar entsr esu l
tingt os eekl ovean ds up portf romot her
peop l
ees peciallyt ot heiroppos it
es ex.Teen agep regn ancyh asal otof
consequ en ces ,s uchasdr op pi
n gou tofs ch ool t
oavoi ds h amean dcr iti
cismofot hers.
Delayingon eyearf romyou rb atchb ecau seyouh avet owai t9mon thsf oryou rb aby
tocomeou tofyou rwomb .Th erear eal soal otoft een agep regn an twomenwh o
dieddu et olackofp ropermedi calat t
en t
ioncor resp ondingt op ren atal an dch eck ups.
Babiesal soh asagr eat erriskb eingp remat ure, mos tli
kelydu etos ocioecon omi c
systemoft hemot her, I
tisalsodi ff
icu l
tf oras i
ngl
et een agemomt os us tainh er
baby’sn eedsb ecau s es hedon oth avep rop eredu cat i
onqu ali
fi
cat iont oh aveagood
j
oban ds al
ar y.Th en u mbersoft een agep regn ancyi sb ecomi n gh i
gh ,an db eforeitwill
getwor s et hann ow, wen eedt ocu titof f.Its houl
dal wayss tartint hep aren ts.
Parent
ss h
oul
deducat
ethei
rch
il
d.Sot
hatt
hep
aren
tscanh
avemor
ein
flu
encei
n
th
eirchi
ldsexedu
cati
on.

Tos umu peverythingthathasb eens t

ateds ofar,t
eenager sshoul
dalsob eaware
ofwh at’
sh appeni
ngt otheirsurr
oundingsan dtakecareoft hemselvesmor e,
bydoing
sowecans omehows mall
theamou ntofr apedvicti
ms,rememb ern otal
lteenage
pregnanci
esar eintenti
onaltherearep eopleouttherewh oarevictimsoflustand
self
ishness.In
steadofen gagingtop remarit
alsex,whyn otli
veyou rteenageyears
happil
yandf ocusonwh atyouwan t
edt obecomei nthen earfut
u r
e. Thi
sisthethi
ng
thatshoul
dn ’
tber u
s hwith,becauseth i
sthingcanwait.Un l
i
kewh enyour ushit
,you
will
onlyregretit
.

THANKYOUFORLI
STENI
NGAND,
APLEASANTAFTERNOONTOALLOFYOU.