(opening) Teen pregnancy has became an issue over the years and became more normal than it should. 3 in 10 girls will get pregnant before the age of 20. That equals to almost 750,000 teen pregnancies every year. In my honest opinion, why would anyone want to be stuck with their stupid high school girlfriend/boyfriend for another 18 years? In my book, Someone like you by Sara Dessen, one for the main characters, Scarlett gets pregnant at 16.
(paragraph 1) In just 2014 alone there were 249,078 babies born from teen mother from ages 15-19. 35% of those pregnant teens have chosen abortion, less than 1% gave the baby for for adoption, and 15% had a miscarriage. Scarlett’s mom had wanted her to give the baby up for adoption because she was also a teen mother and knew how hard it would be for her. Studies show daughter’s from teen moms are three times more likely to became a teen mom too. (pg. 124)
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Having a baby when you're a teen isn’t safe for the girl and for the baby. Scarlett had experience a lot of sickness and non-normal pregnancy pain that her doctor told her is from being so young. Her doctor told her that her baby could experience health issues also because she was so young. Most babies born from teen mother are often born with low birth weight and can experience development and health issues. (pg.