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TEENAGE PREGNANCY “Don’t be a statistic” 

Teenage pregnancy is a social injustice that should be stopped. The government should do a better job preventing teenage pregnancies. We should ban “abstinence only” policies in sex education classes. Secondly, the high schools in the U.S. should be allowed to give out birth control options. Also, teenagers should not be allowed to have abortions.Not even with parent’s permission. Hey! Did you know? 1) About 750,000 teens get pregnant every year 2) One in three women get pregnant before the age fo twenty 3) A teen who has unprotected sex has a 90% chance of getting pregnant within the year 4) Only one-third of pregnant teenagers earn a high school diploma 5) Eight out of ten girls, and six out of ten boys wish they would've waited 6) Girls born to teen moms are mosre likely to be teen moms themselves and boys are more likely to end up in prison 7) Six in ten teen boys think they're suppose to have sex You Wanna Help?  There are many ways to help prevent teenage pregnancy. To help teenage pregnancy the government is now allowing people to advertise about abortion and birth control on the radio and on television. But, let’s not let the governments do everything. My plan to help prevent teenage pregnancy is a prevention video. We could also boycott sexual movies that give teens ideas. Another idea is that we could have marches for teen pregnancy. You could even do something as simple as telling someone no. You know your friend plans on having unprotected sex, so remind her of the consequences, tell her no. Remind her not to be a statistic.