The Social Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy

The assignment content discusses the social consequences of teenage pregnancy, highlighting its adverse impacts on the development of the country and the individuals involved. The paper explores how teenage pregnancy leads to poverty, unemployment, and social isolation, with women often being dominated by men and forced into early marriages. It also touches on the positive events that can occur for some women as a result of teenage pregnancy. The author concludes that teenage pregnancy should be banned due to its negative effects on social and economic development.

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Nowadays, people are forgetting about the teenage pregnancy and they are focusing on other
issues which are being impacting the development of the country. But they are forgetting that the
teenage pregnancy is one of the major issue which affects the development adversely. The
teenage pregnancy has numerous of adverse social outcomes. Thus, the teenage pregnancy has
become a social problem. Further, it gives rise to the problem of poverty and unemployment
(Cook et al., 2015). The children of teenage mothers tend to become teenage parents themselves.
According to the research, despite the availability of contraceptives and abortion facility, around
16 million teenage women give birth every year which is further being accounted for around 11
percent of all births and the Niger has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies (Phipps‐Yonas, S.
1980).
Although, people talk about equality between both the genders but still women are being
dominated by men. As women are forced to marry at the teenage, and they are forced to become
pregnant as they live in a highly deprived areas and have lower educational achievements and
doesn’t have adequate care homes. It has also been researched that the teenage pregnancy also
has positive events for some women but to some extent only.
According to the sources, the teenage pregnancy is being conceived between the ages of 13-18.
The rate of teenage pregnancy varies significantly between different countries and the social
factors which are associated with the teenage pregnancy also varies accordingly. The teenage
parents tend to access less antenatal and services which impact the social and health outcomes
which further becomes the social issue (Whitaker et al., 2014). But from the past two years, the
journals have started ignoring the major issue of teenage pregnancy, and they are focusing on
other issues

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The cogent research question which I would like to answer is the social consequences of the
teenage pregnancy and the various measures to reduce them. In my opinion, there are adverse
consequences of the teenage pregnancy and it is also one of the barriers for underdeveloped
countries. The teenage mothers are socially isolated. Whereas young fathers also have some
outcomes, but there is no efficient data available on them. The children who are born to teenage
mothers are mainly born in poverty and their health gets badly impacted (Hodgkinson et al.,
2014). They don’t even get adequate nutrients.
The formulation of some of the tentative hypothesis can be like economic and social background
of the young parents how the cultural background impacts them to become young parents. The
hypothesis can be people from a particular type of background are more likely to become young
parents and also likely to have lower status in the later life. Motivation and career objectives of
people. The hypothesis can be people who are more career-oriented to improve economic and
social status are less likely to involve in early marriages. Social acceptability. The hypothesis can
be society has some prejudices most likely to create barriers to economic and social
development.
Therefore, from the above given information we can conclude that the teenage pregnancy should
be banned because it is adversely impacting the social and economic development of young
parents. Moreover, the children who are born to the teenage parents are being more targeted by
poverty and health issues.

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BIBLOGRAPGY
Cook, S. M., & Cameron, S. T. (2015). Social issues of teenage pregnancy. Obstetrics,
Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine, 25(9), 243-248.
The social issues have been taken from this article and how it further gives rise to poverty and
unemployment and the increased number of teenage pregnancy globally. The social and
economic issues which the young parents face because of the teenage pregnancy.
Hodgkinson, S., Beers, L., Southammakosane, C., & Lewin, A. (2014). Addressing the mental
health needs of pregnant and parenting adolescents. Pediatrics, 133(1), 114-122.
The teenage pregnancy impacts the young parents to focus on their career goals, and they also
become the barrier for economic and social development.
Phipps‐Yonas, S. (1980). Teenage pregnancy and motherhood: A review of the
literature. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 50(3), 403-431.
It has been understood from this article, the rate of teenage pregnancy varies significantly in
various countries and the associated social factors also changes accordingly. And Niger has the
highest rate of teenage pregnancy.
Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., & Rycroft-Malone, J.
(2014). Intervention Now To Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers
(INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness,
qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement. BMJ open, 4(4),
e004733.

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It has been understood from this article; it is important to eradicate the issue of teenage
pregnancy as because of this issue equal rights are not given to both the genders for the
development of the country.