Stop teenage pregnancy


Stop teenage pregnancy
The Issue
Early Pregnancy is one of the problems in today's society especially here in the Philippines. One in every Filipino women age 15 to 19 is already a mother or pregnant with her first child.Early pregnancy is more common among poor households end in lack of education especially sexual education, undergraduate or problem with their own family. Instead of girls enjoying their adolescence, they experience the life a being a mother at young age. Increasing number of teenage pregnancy is so alarming, cause there are health risk for the baby, and the children born to teenage mothers are more likely to suffer health, social, and emotional problems than children born to older mothers. Also, women who become pregnant during their teens are at increase risk for medical complications, such as premature labor, and social consequences.
#Stop teenage pregnancy.
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The Issue
Early Pregnancy is one of the problems in today's society especially here in the Philippines. One in every Filipino women age 15 to 19 is already a mother or pregnant with her first child.Early pregnancy is more common among poor households end in lack of education especially sexual education, undergraduate or problem with their own family. Instead of girls enjoying their adolescence, they experience the life a being a mother at young age. Increasing number of teenage pregnancy is so alarming, cause there are health risk for the baby, and the children born to teenage mothers are more likely to suffer health, social, and emotional problems than children born to older mothers. Also, women who become pregnant during their teens are at increase risk for medical complications, such as premature labor, and social consequences.
#Stop teenage pregnancy.
159
Petition created on January 12, 2023