Why so many teen pregnancy's?

WELL EVERYBODY CHOOSES TO LIVE THERE LIFE THERE OWN WAY... YOU CANT SAY THAT A BABY WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THATS THE ONLY THING THAT A TEEN MOTHER OR ANY MOTHER MAY HAVE. YEAH SOME TEEN MOTHERS AND MOTHERS PERIOD NEGLET THE RESPONCIBILITY BUT THATS NO REASON 4 ANYONE TO PUT TEEN MOTHERS DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES.ANYWAYS I SEE IT AS IF I WERE TO GET PREGNANT AND IM 18 IT WOULD MOTIVATE ME EVEN MORE BECAUSE NOW I HAVE MORE OF A REASON TO GET UP AND GET FOCUSED EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TO DO IT FOR MYSELF BUT HAVING A BABY WILL BE HARD AND ITS A BIG RESPONCIBILITY THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HANDLE AND I SEE IT AS A MOTIVATION BECAUSE I WOULD WANNA GIVE MY BABY EVERYTHING THAT I DIDNT HAVE..... AND SAFE SEX IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER THERE ARE ALOT OF WOMAN THAT HAVE GOTTEN PREGO AFTER HAVING SEX WITH A CONDOM SO0O0O0OO0OO0O.... ITS NOT HARD IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF IT THEN MORE POWER TO YOU IF YOU NOT THEN DONT HAVE SEX.... AND JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE THEY LIFE PLANNED OUT IT DOESNT ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY BECAUSE THE SAME WAY U HAVE WORKED TO CLIMB TO THE TOP IS THE SAME YOU CAN FALL BACK TO THE BOTTOM SO EITHER WAY BEING STABLE OR NOT HAVING A BABY IS A WHOLE NEW RESPOCIBILITY THAT NEEDS TIME AND LOVE AND PATIENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING THEM AND SOME WOMAN CANT HANDLE THAT.... AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR ASKING THIS QUESTION NOW MAYBE IF U EVER HAVE KIDS THEY MIGHT HAVE KIDS AT YOUNG AGES.... AND YOU WONT BE ABLE TO DO NOTHING BUT EXCEPT IT IF THEY WANT IT.. SO DONT JUDGE NO ONE OF RUINING THEY LIFE CAUSE TO SOME WOMAN A BABY CAN BE THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THEM.... OH AND WE NOT IN THE 60'S NO MORE ITS 2008... GET WITH IT OR GET LOST JUDGING IS LAME AND NOT AN ISSUE TO MOST PEOPLE ANYMORE THATS WHAT WE CALL HATERS NOW IN DAYS......AND THATS WHY YOU HAVENT HAD SEX YOUR WAITING TO BE MARRIED I SEE YOU LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY IN 10 YRS IF YOU GONNA WAIT FOR A GOOD MAN TO LOVE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOU AND A BABY IF YOU EVER DECIDE TO HAVE ONE.... ITS HARD TO FIND GOOD MEN THESE DAYS THAT ARE GONNA COMMIT THE WAY YOU WANT IT LIFE IS ABOUT GIVE AND TAKE....

Sex is a natural progression in a relationship, and we are introduced to the idea through the media and peers at a younger and younger age. To tell you the truth alot of people just don't think it will happen to them! 'I'm too nice'(I actually heard that one lol), 'I'm too good' 'I'm too young' 'He pulls out' (yes darling- perhaps you need a biology lesson on why that one doesn't work) etc etc etc.

It's true that absinence is the only foolproof method, and really it's the wisest choice, but I still had sex well before i was married.

It's 'fun' and 'exciting' but i have to admit that I enjoy it more with my husband than I ever did with anyone else. You feel so more free to experience and enjoy and explore.

I do think that the number of teen pregnancies could be lowered if they would just get thier heads out of the sand, and if they insist on having sex at least use 2 forms of contraception! It's also true that motherhood is a wonderful thing. I do know that I was not as mature as I thought I was at 16, 17, 18 or even 19 & 20. Nothing against teen mothers, bit of a negative feeling towards not using protection though!

Good for you. I knew there were a few intelligent teens out there.

A lot of people are promoting safe sex, but we all know the safest sex is NO sex. You're doing the right thing by waiting until you're married. Sex is a beautiful thing and is meant to be a celebration of love (and a method of procreation). I can't stand the way I see girls just passing it out like Halloween candy these days. It's sad to see that no one values themselves anymore.

Once you're married you'll be glad you waited, It'll be a gift for your husband and you won't be all used up and loose by the time he gets to you. Not only is pregnancy an issue, but it's like STD's are no big deal. I would be disgusted to find out someone that I knew had one. I mean we all make mistaks but the point is to learn from them.

I think I'm getting a little off topic, I guess I'm just venting. By the way, I wasn't a virgin when I got married but I wish I had been, My husband was the third man I ever had sex with and thank God that was as high as I got.

Some of my younger sisters friends are in the double digits and aren't even 20 years old. It disgusts me and yet it saddens me...I hate the way society pollutes children.

well just because u have chosen to wait until ur married before u have sex, doesnt mean its right. personally i have been in a relationship with my partner for 2 1/2 years and im 38weeks pregnant. im 18 so i guess i fall into ur "teen pregnancy" category. however, i have all my exams, we have our own house and car, and my partner has a full time job, which he supports us both with. i will be going to work when our baby is old enough, and we dont need help off anyone in respects to money. so tell me, how have i ruined my life when i couldnt be happier, my partner and i love eachother and we are bringing a new life into the world who will have two loving parents and everything he needs. yes im young, but i dont see how not going out drinking and doing drugs is 'missing out' as soo many people call it when a teen gets pregnant.

A baby can only bring happiness in your life. As long as the teen mothers do everything they can to finish school & raise their baby... then that's all they can do. In no way does a baby "ruin your life". I know there's teens out there that don't take care of their baby, go out & party, even drop out of school- but then again- there are older moms who do the EXACT SAME THING!

Of course I think it's wrong for teens to TRY to have a baby, because it is a lot of work, but for the teens who do end up getting pregnant & accept their resposibilities... I respect them, quite honestly.

By the way, not all teenagers that end up pregnant are teenagers that didn't use some sort of protection.

Being on the opposite side right now... Honestly there is no good reason we do it. The only reason we do is it feels amazing and its a fun thing to do with your partner. However the negative effects are astonishing, coming from someone who recently experienced them. You really dont understand how serious they are until they hit you like a ton of bricks, and by then its to late. So really the only reason we do is ceriousity and fun.

Well I guess I was one of those "dumb kids" ... But the thing with me is I was with the father for 9 months before we got pregnant... I WAS NOT TRYING!! I was on birth control (took it religously) I even went to the family planning clinic and got a big bag of condoms...ALWAYS used them!! Still got pregnant! 6 months after we had him we started planning our wedding...well about 6 months after that (total of 9 months after my 1st son was born) I got pregnant again...This time I was not using condoms because we had a baby and well we were getting married and I was on the Birth Control PATCH... I went in for check up and my dr said something wasnt right with me and wanted to check if I was pregnant...SURE WAS! I guess what I am tryin to prove is...not everyone is a 'dumb kid" some of us do everything (but abstinense) to not get pregnant!

BTW: I was 19 by the time I had 2 kids...I am now 23 (24 in Sept) goin on my 3rd....I LOVE MOTHERHOOD!!

I think the issue is sex before contraceptive rather than sex before marriage. I know many perfectly responsible single mothers. I also know many teenagers that have protected sex. I am one.

Both sides of the argument? Here's mine. Use a loveglove, baby.

Having sex isn't the issue, not being safe is. Use a condom, take the pill. But if you want to wait till marriage, more power to ya.

as we all know lots of teens do it for pleasure, to fit in, curious, older, cooler, media influence etc

i'm thinking the same thing u r

i can't even cook, much less take care of a kid

how on earth am i gonna take care of a kid when i'm having problems paying for my education?