What does the media say about teenage pregnancy?

Does media television depict teenage pregnancy as a glamorous gig, filled with the attention and stardom that many teenagers crave? The objective ... Lauren Dolgen, the creative mind behind the hit MTV reality shows, promotes them as having an agenda to attempt to reduce teen pregnancies, saying “Absolutely. read more

Teenage pregnancy affects approximately 750,000 teen girls age fifteen to nineteen every year (Sun). That’s roughly equivalent to one in three U.S. teenage girls becoming pregnant every year, which is a staggering statistic. The good news is that teenage pregnancy rates have been dropping. read more

Four years into 16 and Pregnant‘s run, teen pregnancy rates are at a record low. Births to teen moms have been steadily dropping since 1991, down 44 percent in nine years, according to the CDC. Rates dropped nine percent from 2009 to 2010 alone, reaching a historic low of 34.3 births per 1000 women aged 15-19. read more