Is there really any excuse for teenage pregnancies nowadays???

Question

exclude the word "rape" because that's not a choice. everyhing else is.

Answer 1

I agree with princessbi.

Education IS vital!  This includes both s*x education and the teaching of birth-control options.

Am I against teens having s*x?

No.  

No amount of forced "morality" in whatever society you live in can argue with mother nature.  In addition to strengthening our education, we need to also let go of our archaic stigmas regarding s*x and look at s*x as a healthy beautiful thing instead of something that is impure and to be repressed until so-called adulthood.

I am 33 and been having s*x since i was 15 and still to this day have never gotten a girl pregnant.  Why?  Because I was educated by very liberal-minded parents who began teaching me about the "birds & bees"  when I was around 3 years old and I started being inquisitive.

Education at an EARLY age and a more relaxed modern attitude towards s*x are the answers!

Answer 2

If your not older then 21 then you shouldn't be having s*x anyway....Unless you are married. but

The most sure proof way is to swallow or spit.

Answer 3

I dont think there is an excuse. but if you take it back YEARS ago , it was 13 and 14 year old having kids anyway, back in the day when my grandma was 14 they married at that age.

so history just repeats itself. HOWEVER, these days the teenagers just do it just because ppl grow up so much earlier these days, i wouldnt call it 'growing up' just because you have a kid. but those who do choose to continue with school and do whats right. 'grow up' the lose their childhood.

and those who dont, who tend to stay living with mom and dad and drop out of school.

its just saddening, i know a 16 year old who is pregnant with her second child, same guy, but d**n i want to hit her on the head, she knows how hard it was with the first baby, and now having a second!

wtf??

its not easy, me? well i had her at 24, and still think i wasnt ready, i dont regret her ,and i dont see my life without her, but d**n i wish i could provide her with so much more, after all, i fell into the category where the man left anyway! and its just me. its hard, it is soo freaken hard,

i dont understand why teens have s*x, they cant possibly think (i dont know what they think) i was never one who fell into something just because everyone else was doing it.

the first time i had s*x i was 19!.

and still i regretted it, i still do.

its just the tv, and the music and the lyrics and the everything.

wow. i could go on and on.

Answer 4

Not everything else is choice.  A condom could break.  A person could be sick and vomit up their contraceptive pill.  Not all contraception is 100% effective anyway.  A person could be uneducated and not know how to protect themselves.

That's great for you - you're educated.  A lot of people aren't, or are just unlucky, and you know nothing about their lives or their situations.

Answer 5

Yes, inadequate s*x education.

Seriously, people are supposed to be educated about it all in school, but the questions you get on health and parenting and pregnancy can be astounding sometimes. It's amazing how little people know about contraceptives and the emergency contraceptive. It's incredible how many people still believe the 'withdrawal method' is going to stop you from getting pregnant.

It is partly down to a lot of inadequate parenting as well though; parents need to get it into their heads that it's no good telling their kids not to have s*x or to 'wait until they're married' because teenagers are going to have s*x anyway. So it would be far better if parents made sure that their teenagers knew the facts about contracption/STDs and pregnancy than just telling them not to do it.

Then again, some of the questions I've heard adults ask are incredible too...there appears to be a general lack of understanding as far as everything goes. It's incredible how many people aren't even clued up about condoms.

Yes, accidents will happen, but a lot of the time it's down to silly, avoidable things. Of course contraceptives aren't a hundred percent fool proof, but if used properly and consistently then they're about 99% reliable.