El riesgo de embarazo en la adolescencia

TEENAGE PREGNANCY

INTRODUCTION

Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that has become very common in our country and around world. We can say that pregnancy in teenagers is a public health problem.

According to some researches, about thirteen million girls each year give birth, but 70.000 of them die.

Also some experts about Ovarian Cancer have said that one of the principals causes of this cancer, is premature sexual relationships.

As an adolescent, I think that we should be more responsible about this by reading books about this or searching on the web and learning more about sexuality and how to be responsible. We can reduce this kind of early problems if we knew more about this, because they bring consequences in our lives, careers and family.

This is an obvious responsibility of both parts, male and female teenagers.

In most of the cases the girls are the affected ones, because the young boys usually get away from the problem, leaving alone the female partner during her pregnancy.

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LEARN TO BE CAREFUL

If teenagers want to have sexual relationships, they must learn to be careful using protection as condoms, pills or just not having sex. You better be aware of the correct protection in order to avoid painful problems. An early pregnancy can destroy the future of a young woman.

They must think seriously about the risk and the consequences it could bring in their lifes. For example, loss of educational and employment opportunities, unwed mothers, marriage, loss or postponement of goals, low self-esteem, isolation, increased risk of disease, and abortion the heavy responsibilities at an early age.

Mothers between the ages ten to fourteen have a mortality risk five times higher than women twenty to twenty four. There is terrible information that one million teenager mothers die during pregnancy.

We have to read articles about teenage pregnancy and it consequences and responsibilities or watch videos to learn more about this topic.

Sexual relationship is a serious responsibility for everybody.

Life it’s a God’s gift. Do not destroy it.

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SEXUAL EDUCATION

Teenage pregnancy stems from many causes such as lack of sex education that mainly due to a lack of family and the lack of objective information about contraception or other methods to prevent pregnancy. We must also emphasize the increasing use of alcohol and drugs since an early age and debauchery of the teenager.

Sexual experimentation can drive us to unwanted pregnancies or STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases).

As a teenager I think that is essential to have good sexual education at an early age which can help the adolescent to prevent early pregnancy. In fact there is not discrimination about this problem, because this is a worldwide reality.

It is a common sense to see and understand that a girl can’t take care well of the baby and can’t feed the child properly.

According to Aprofe, it would be a government policy to include this subject in our school, that would allow teenagers to inform themselves, about Sexual Education and how it can be a good changer to the teenagers and also it can show us how to be aware of our attitudes and values, which are the things that leads us to accept and live our own sexuality, freely and responsibly.

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TEENAGER’S PREGNANCY IN ECUADOR

According to the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Comission, 18 percent of children born in the Ecuador have teenage mothers. Having children at a young age exposes girls to greater health risks and often keeps them from continuing their education. According

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