Teenage Pregnancy

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THERE is a rumor in the community that unwanted pregnancies are a problem of the past: the Pill has eliminated the element of surprise in pregnancy and finally put some reason into the rhymes of love. While this may be true for some, it does not apply to that great majority of American girls wending their way from puberty to adulthood. One of every ten adolescent girls becomes a mother before she graduates from high school, ie, approximately 210,000 each year, a number that increases by 3,000 per year. With one in four pregnancies unrecorded and abortions not included in pregnancy statistics, it becomes clear that the rumor about unwanted pregnancy serves only to muddle an already complex problem. Few of these girls have wanted to get pregnant. Many have had little sexual experience. Given the usual confusions of adolescence, it is no wonder that sudden pregnancy wreaks havoc in

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