Teen pregnancy has become an epidemic in America, but one of the most common questions asked is ” when did this start?” According to Furstenburg, “The issue emerged from social invisibility during the 1950s and early 1960s, when rates of childbearing among teens reached historical peaks, and rose to a level of public obsession just as rates of teenage childbearing began to plummet in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. “In 1995, in the State of the Union Address, President Bill Clinton singled out teenage pregnancy as “ our most social problem.
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Furstenberg also states that Clinton was not the only President to take note on the costs of early childbearing. President Jimmy Carter and every president after that also noticed. An advocacy group called “ National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy “ reported on the results of a poll that took place in 1995, the conclusion was that “ the number one symptom of erosion in family cohesiveness is the spread of teenage pregnancy.”
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Pregnancy among teens has become a problem in several communities and is highly frowned upon. To reduce the teen pregnancy rates, we as a community should stress the importance of saving yourself for marriage and practicing safe sex.
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