Most people put a lot of thought and planning before they decide they want to have children, since raising a child is an extremely difficult task, which requires a lot of psychological, physical as well financial strength. The first and most important thing about teenage pregnancies is that teenage is a very tender age, and hence teenagers lack the physical as well as psychological maturity required for conceiving children. Teenage pregnancies can very extremely difficult to deal with not only for the teen but the entire family.
             There are many life-changing consequences of unplanned pregnancies for teens. The teen may receive inadequate prenatal care, develop health issues and rely on public assistance. There is also the chance of becoming homeless and dropping out of school, which can lead to an unstable future without having a good education and proper employment opportunities. This would affect the quality of living of both the mother and the child. These consequences can cause significant medical, psychological, economic and educational disadvantages for the children of the teen mothers. There are roughly 750,000 teen pregnancies every year in the United States. Eighty-two percent of those pregnancies are unintended. Out of those, fifty-nine percent will end in birth and more than one quarter will end in abortion. At this time in the United States, abortions are legal. However, for teenagers under the age of 18, the laws on abortions differ from state to state. In some states, parental permission is required before a girl under age 18 can have an abortion. In other states, there may be a 24 hour waiting period from the time you speak to a counselor in a clinic or doctor's office, until the time of the procedure. There are currently 36 states that enforce laws requiring parental consent or notification. In states without parental involvement laws, sixty-one percent report that one or both parents had knowledge of the pregnancy an...