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Teen Pregnancy statistics in America E-mail

The United States actually holds the top teen pregnancy rate in the developed world. The American teen birth rate is actually twice that of Great Britain; while it is about six times that of Denmark, Sweden, and France. It’s even 15 times the rate in Japan.
  • Each year about a million teenagers in America are pregnant.

  • 9% of these girls are mothers before they reach 18 years old.

  • An additional 9% of these girls have an abortion before they reach 18.

  • 94% of teenagers think that they will remain in school even if they were to have a baby.

  • 70% of teenage moms stay in school in reality.

  • 25% of the teenage girls who become high school drop-outs, refer to pregnancy as the basis.

  • 51% of teenage girls think that if they were to conceive a baby, they would end up marrying the father.

  • 19% of teenage moms marry the father in reality.

  • 50% of pregnancies are actually unintentional.

  • 50% of unintentional pregnancies result in abortion.

  • 55% of the abortions in the U.S. are obtained by women under 25 years old.

  • 22% of them are teenage girls.

  • 1 in every 4 pregnancies results in an abortion, while 20% of all abortions are by girls under 19 years old.

  • About 300,000 American teenage girls have an abortion every year.

It’s interesting to know that the following states require a parent’s consent before a minor can get an abortion:

Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

The following states require the notification of a parent before a minor can get an abortion:

Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia.

The following states do not require any involvement from the parents:

Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.

References: SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States); Alan Guttmacher Institute; National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL);
 
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