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The document discusses trends in abortion rates among unintended adolescent pregnancies in the United States. It states that the use of abortion to resolve unintended adolescent pregnancies has declined in recent years, with 45% of such pregnancies among 15-19 year olds ending in abortion in 1994 compared to 55% in 1981. It also notes that the proportion of all adolescent pregnancies ending in abortion fell from 52% to 40% between 1985 and 1992 in California.

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Issues About Teen

The document discusses trends in abortion rates among unintended adolescent pregnancies in the United States. It states that the use of abortion to resolve unintended adolescent pregnancies has declined in recent years, with 45% of such pregnancies among 15-19 year olds ending in abortion in 1994 compared to 55% in 1981. It also notes that the proportion of all adolescent pregnancies ending in abortion fell from 52% to 40% between 1985 and 1992 in California.

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In fact, use of abortion to resolve unintended adolescent pregnancies has declined in recent years.

Nationwide, 45% of such pregnancies among women 15-19 ended in abortion in 1994, compared
with 55% in 1981. (15) In California, the proportion of all (not just unintended) adolescent
pregnancies ending in abortion fell from 52% in 1985 (16) to 49% in 1988 (17) and to 40% in
1992. (18)
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(13.) Henshaw SK and Van Vort J, Abortion services in the United States, 1991 and 1992,
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(15.) Henshaw SK, 1998, op. cit. (see reference 9).


(16.) Henshaw SK and Van Vort J, Teenage abortion, birth and pregnancy statistics: an update,
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(17.) Henshaw SK, Teenage abortion, birth and pregnancy statistics by state, 1988, Family
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(18.) Henshaw SK, Teenage abortion and pregnancy statistics by state, 1992, Family Planning
Perspectives, 1997,29(3):115-122.

(19.) Ventura SJ, Mathews TJ and Curtin SC, Declines in teenage birth rates, 1991-1997:
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cit. (see reference 18).

(21.) Miller BC, 1995, op. cit. (see reference 6); and Moore KA et al., 1995, op. cit. (see
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(22.) Trent K and Crowder K, 1997, op. cit (see reference 7); and Furstenburg FF Jr., 1991, op.
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An Introduction to Teen Issues


By Karen Adams, eHow Contributor
Teens want to know that parents are on their side.
All parents see the future of their children differently. Knowing what to expect as a child
becomes an adolescent prepares parents to talk to their teen and help her handle the
overwhelming issues she faces. Peer pressure, drug use, pregnancy and partying are a few of
these issues

Read more: An Introduction to Teen Issues |


eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8134123_introduction-teen-issues.html#ixzz1tuafYWdi

Unmarried, pregnant adolescents face a variety of difficult decisions. They must decide whether
to give birth or to have an abortion, and whether to raise a child they bear or to place the baby for
adoption. Simultaneously, they must make the same critical decisions about school, work and
relationships as other teenagers must make. In designing interventions to help young
women make the transition from adolescence to adulthood without having an unintended birth, it
is important to understand the life circumstances, motivations and events that lead some
unmarried teenagers to become pregnant and the processes involved in the decision to carry a
nonmarital teenage pregnancy to term.
Some researchers have investigated factors influencing the pregnancy options considered by
young women in the United States who choose abortion; (1) others have explored pregnancy
decision-making by comparing the characteristics of young women who opt for abortion, birth or
adoption. (2) But rarely has pregnancy decision making been investigated by examining the
influences bearing on young women who choose to give birth. What events and communication
patterns lead pregnantteenagers to this decision? Who helps them the most in making their
decision, and what options do the women, their partners and their parents consider? And how
does decision-making differ according to young women's pregnancy intentions and background
characteristics?

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