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Let’s Break Generational Curses: Bringing awareness to Teen Pregnancy

The children of teen mothers are more likely to:

▫️Drop out of high school
▫️Have more health problems
▫️Give birth as a teenager
▫️Face unemployment as a young adults
▫️Be incarcerated during their adolescence (2019).

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1 out of 4 teens who give birth are ages 15-17 (2019).

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The US teen birth rate is markedly higher than other western industrialized countries (2019).

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Around 30% of American women will become pregnant before the age of 20 (2019).

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Around 30% of American women will become pregnant before the age of 20 (2019).

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Becoming a parent is the number 1️⃣ reason why girls drop out of school (2019).

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Becoming a parent is the number 1️⃣ reason why girls drop out of school (2019).

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Only 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by the age of 22, in contrast 90% of women who do not give birth graduate from high school (2019).

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76% of teens talk to their parents about birth control and/or abstinence

More than half of sexually active teens made an appointment for reproductive health regarding birth control services in the past year (2019).

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Parents and health care providers play a crucial role in preventing teen pregnancy

83% of teens did not receive sex education before they had sex for the first time  (2019)

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CDC VitalSigns - Preventing Pregnancies in Younger Teens

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All information was derived from the CDC 

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All information was derived from the CDC 

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, December
19). Preventing pregnancies in younger teens. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved May 12, 2022,
from https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/young-teen-
pregnancy/index.html#science

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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CDC VitalSigns - Preventing Pregnancies in Younger Teens

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CDC Vital Signs links science, policy, and communications with the intent of communicating a call-to-action for the public. CDC Vital Signs provides the most recent, comprehensive data on key indicators of important health topics.