According to a recent study, abortions among pregnant teenagers are reaching alarming proportions. Ever since the Labour came to power in the U.K., the number of teenage abortions has increased by a staggering 2,500 each year.
Do you know that the U.S. holds the dubious distinction of the highest teenage abortion rate in the developed world?
Unlike the developing world, teenage pregnancy in developed countries is usually outside of marriage, and may carry a social stigma in some communities and cultures.
There are numerous reasons for the rise in teenage pregnancies. A casual attitude to sex, inadequate sex education, peer pressure, and last but not the least the sexualized content present in the media are some of the factors responsible for the rise in teenage pregnancies.
According to a spokesperson for the anti-abortion charity Alive and Kicking,
these figures are the result of the modern attitude to sexuality - that sex is just a recreational activity.
Not only does adolescent parenthood cause devastating effects on families, studies have shown that the children born to teenage mothers are more prone to abuse, neglect, and malnutrition.
As per the World Health Organization, the risk of death following pregnancy is twice as much for women in the age group of 15 to 19 years, than, for those between the ages of 20 and 24.
Before it is too late, we need to find workable solutions to end this high rate of abortions among the teen mothers. If we don’t, then, not only will we compromise our national productivity but we would also not be able to use up the tax payers money more effectively.
Via: dailymail, parentingteens
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i think that abortions are VERY wrong and cruel, and i think any person who is ”open” minded should get the exact same treatment as the child,including the mothers who have done it, the teenagers, the women who are all for it,the men, the dr’s the nurses.
these children are meant to be here for a reason, other wise their unfit mothers wouldnt have been blessed with them,instead of giving the child a chace, they becomes selfish, they think of them selv and their family.
well SCREW everybody else, if you are grown enough to have sex then you should be grown ehough to raise a child.
EVERYBODY WHO IS ALL FOR THESE UNNESSARY AND CRUEL ACTIVITES HAVE FUN IN HELL.
and if people want the abortion rates to go down, then lets make a protest!
lets shut down these clinics that do them.
and parents, get a grip on your children.
stop acting like idiots.
and girls, dont have sex unless your married and ready to have kids.
guys stop having sex, impregnating girls and not taking care of your child.
AMERICA NEEDS TO GROW UP AND FACE THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU PUT YOUR SELF IN>
it is not your child’s fault that you were being a idiot.
grow up.
so, your saying that if a 12 year old girl gets raped and gets pregnant, that she should not have the right to abort it? I think that’s just plain stupid. she would still be a kid her self. not to mention the fact that she would be giving birth to the child of a rapist.
what if you don’t have a stable enough life to care for the child? you think it’s fair to bring a child into the world to suffer? do you know how many children are already in the world, waiting for a home, and they will continue to wait because almost everyone looking to adopt, wants a new born baby. there are far more children looking for families than there are people looking to adopt. I guess you could say that because I said people all want to adopt a new born is a reason to not abort, I don’t agree. I think the children that are here and alive should have priority over an unborn child. they’re already suffering.
What about women who are raped or their bodies are in danger? You can sit on your soap box in your perfect world... not everyone has parents to teach them how to protect themselves, some girls are looking for love because of abusive homes...
Are you one of those evil, soulless people who will scream at a terrified 14 year old that god hates them in front of a clinic? You are ignorant and hateful. You would murder people? Docs and nurses and terrified children? You have no heart and no soul.
Well i,ve read about five of these and i can understand both paries it;s against gos will completly for any such happenings... on the other hand a rape baby would be terrifying and horrible as well that baby would als be apart of u though and is human.. and it is petty upsetting that people have abortions like i change my underwear... we can blame it on what we want as far as an unstable home and just as far as being lost but its a pure soul that your killing life in your body...so woman think before u act..
To the girl below me, it wouldnt be the babys fault the mother was raped. & there are other options then abortion.
Abortions are like killing a person and i belive its is wrong because if you go back in history you’lll see that it was all to worship a god which i forgot the name at this moment. Though i belive that when your life is over on ressurection day that you will always hear a cry of the baby you aborted, it is a sin!!!!!!!!!!!!! An if your a teen girl keep your legs closed!!!!!!!!!!!!, and you wont have to go thru that anyway.
I think abortion is totally wrong just thinking about it is sad!!! i think people should get rid of abortions but i am scared if wee do then young girls will take madders in to their own hands and i herd a story of a gitl who paid some one to get a coat hangetr and do it for her and she ended up dying!!!
If u r gonna have sex u got to take responsibility for what u do!!!
I agreee I think abortion is mean, theres other things you can do. &if you don’t have the money for a baby, theres adoption and theres ALOT of help you can get. Theres foodstamps, whick, medicade. Just
because it doesn’t look like a baby dowsn’t mean its not a baby. Its still growing inside you.. its still your responsibilty, and abortion shouldn’t be a choice. Parents shouldnt yell and screeam at there kids, because its too late. they already had sex, pregnancy is the consequence.
This entire thread is dumb. Abortions are not as graphic as the above picture. Abortions are the removal of cells from the womb. Nothing more, nothing less. To equate a cluster of cells to a human life is incorrect. It is only POTENTIAL human life. It cannot think, it cannot breath, hell, it probably doesnt have a heart beat yet. Its the mother’s decision to abort- not yours. Its a liberty we have in The United States of America, and if you have a problem with that, then move somewhere else.
Furthermore, were we to deliberately ban abortions in the United States of America, who’s to say the impregnated mother/teen won’t abort themselves in another manner....say with a coat hanger. Such an action as abortion is better left to trained professionals: its safer and can be monitored to a greater extent.
Leave it to the professionals and the mothers to decide, not your arrogant pseudo-science, blind conservative ethics and religious zeal.
Joseph, You are very ignorant. Seek the truth no matter where it leads you... even if it’s what and were you don’t like it to go or be. Don’t take what people say about abortion.. RESEARCH IT from both points not just your view. Stand for what’s true not your own imaginery likes and dislikes.
You are exactly right. Most abortions happen before the embryo is even formed into a human-like shape...
Laura, why dont you do your research? And not just what your parents/pastor tell you is true. Think for yourself.
You’re a moron. 3 weeks after conception, the fetus has a heart beat. Most people aren’t even aware that they are pregnant at 3 weeks, therefore they have the abortion after those 3 or so weeks, equaling the abortion of a human being, with a heart beat.
Anyone who thinks the above image is real is an idiot. That’s propaganda right there for you.
Whether you think abortion is wrong or not is irrelevant. You don’t have to get one if you don’t want one. But since not everyone holds the same morals you shouldn’t be telling someone what they’re doing with their body and child is illegal.
OH, so you believe in moral relativism? ”you shouldn’t be telling someone what they’re doing with their body and child is illegal.” Well, you shouldn’t either.
Who is anyone to put an end to a life. Every abortion is one less of a life which may have for example; cured a major disease, invented or did something revolutionary, or did something that made life better for everyone. It dosen’t have to be as far fetched and generic as those last examples, heres some other examples; mabye they become a good friend for someone and make it a better life for them somehow, mabye they’ll someone they married happy, or they’ll in some way save a life, allowing others to live. The aborted life may also just have been a regular everyday person that did nothing special, or do things that are negative intentionally or accidently. No life should be dismissed just becouse it didn’t match up to someone’s self intrest or personal gain. IT DOSEN’T MATTER IF YOU CAN NOT SUPPORT THE CHILD ”OR WORSE” DON’T WANT IT. I have no respect for anyone that had an abortion or took part in one. There is no way to forgive that, whats done is done. We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us.
Kid could’ve also grown up to be a serial killer or a drug dealer... more likely since it wasn’t wanted and would have had a hard life. Grow up.
for those of u who said all of those mean things...how can u say they cant breath or think or anything??? they live just like any human being but they are in a womb they have a heartbeat the day that they are concieved they may only be an egg that is fertalized but they turn into something amazing think of all the people who cant have children at any time in their life and your killing something that you could give up to someone who wants kids...abortion is the most cruel way to kill a baby...if u get pregnant u should pay for what u did...u spread your legs u should pay for the consequences...
There is a BIGGER PROBLEM here! Why are so many women having unwanted pregnancies in the first place? I think if the pregnancy problems were better prevented, then abortions would not exist. Abortions are horrific regardless whether you are prolife or prochoice. I think EVERYONE would AGREE that if people were more careful there would be no problems. How do we educate people in to preventing unwanted pregnancies? It’s the source of the problem that causes so many other problems. If all pregnancies were planned no one would abort. It can be that easy!
That’s becouse they’re careless in the consiqences.
if everyone is so worried about rising abortion rates, maybe we should educate our kids about safe sex instead of an abstinence only curriculum.
We should of been doing that since the beggining, but my belief stands about them being careless.
How immoral are you people??? safe sex isn’t going to solve the problem, all your doing is making somebody more sex prone for next time when they don’t have a condom...
Also despite the image on top being photo shopped doesn’t mean that abortions are not murder... That’s still a human being, it’s not just a fetus. Also they can feel and they do have a heart beat.
By the way didn’t you all used to be a fetus... maby your mother should of aborted you since you were only a human in progress.
Or perhaps it should be made legal to murder a person since everybody is only a ’human in progress’ till the day they die.
Justin
People supporting the abortion are immoral? How can you term abortion as murder? It’s up to the woman whether she wants to give birth to a baby or not. Every body is human in progress till they die but a fetus is not a human being. Don’t be emotional on this issue.
Marion I agree with you. Even though I don’t understand how that going to make people more sex prone. Justin, we term abortion as murder becouse it is, We will damn well get emotional about this issue becouse of what it is. No one has any right of way to decide the faith of the living thing.
I belive that abortions are OK..if its really worth it...I dont belive that a 14 year old girl who has been raped needs to keep her child. then she has to live with the thought that her an her rapiest kid lives... some teenage mothers bodys arent even developed enough to carry the child full term..she may lose her life or the childs life..WHOS LIFE WOULD YOU CHOSE????? i would chose my teenage daughters life!! and what about a 16 year old girl who is bleeding internaly from the prignancy. she could loose her life giveing birth by bleeding to death or she could loose her baby by her not being developed enough an killer her baby slowly.. And who do all you people think you are to judge people for the choice they make..they dont judge you for the choices you make.. ”Not only does adolescent parenthood cause devastating effects on families, studies have shown that the children born to teenage mothers are more prone to abuse, neglect, and malnutrition” so all you people would rather children be hurt an maybe even KILLED by there teenage mother an neglectfull teenage fathers.......... I really dont!!! Insted of judgeing these girls for what they are doing maybe take a step back and look at WHY they are doing it...
I totally agree. Abortion is like killing, people should be more responsible to their bodies.
Abortions are wrong, there are other ways, if you cant care for a child, try adoption or give parenting a try. You have an abortion, you should be put in prison fr life for murdering an inanest life. There are not embryos, fetuses, or zygotes, there living beings and should be respected like every other human being. Abortion is taking life away, you never know if those fetuses could be teachers, Olympian gold medalist, a scientist who found a cure for a disease. My point is, that child has so much ahead of them. You kill a unborn child, you kill a dream, you kill a president or just a plane office worker. Abortions should be wrong, and should be illegal.
wow . this is really sad . i dont think i will ever abort my baby . i mean it has fingers and its like a person . omg . its just so sad . like why would you want to kill a baby . like . just cause you have an abortion, doesnt not make you a mother, it just make you the mother of a dead baby . i dont think in my heart i could live with that....
Alright first of all anybody for abortion is straight up idiotic and ima be real with it, also are punk bitches. It doesnt matter if the mother was raped or it will affect her everyday life, such as money matters. They have no right to lay there and let some damn doctor kill their innocent baby. You ever heard of a foster home? There’s no reason to kill a new miracle coming into this world, especially your own. I mean how would you feel if you parents told you one day that they tried killing you? Your mom, dad, or both didn’t want you, so they thought of killing you. I agree with you jed, all these murderers who agree with killing their own soon to be child should be locked up and suffer hard and die slow just as their baby died. Im tired of hearing about abortions and im about to take all this into my hands since this stupid ass government allows such actions. They’re not doing anything about it so to me their just as guilty as the mother, father, and doctor. Us who are against this must retalliate and take this matter into our own hands. Chinga to all these people who have this.