TEENAGE PREGNANCY

TEENAGE PREGNANCY

SLOVENIA

STATISTICSTotal Births in Slovenia

1996-2000 2001-2005

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

17926 17481 18724 19554 21538 21631 22032

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

18980 18788 18165 17856 17533

Age of mother at birth

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

under 15

4 4 2 2 5

15-19 971 805 660 603 544

2001-2005

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

under 15

2 1 1 2 1 1

15-19 377 279 290 277 283 250

Graphs of births

PERSONAL OPINION

„Personally I do not support teenage pregnancy if it is

not the plan that they want to have a baby. Otherwise I

would say that it is better that the girl keeps a baby than

has an abortion.“

If

we compare present and past we can see that they do not differ

so much in births among teenagers, but just in the reasons why they

became young parents. In the past it

was understandable having a

child at the age of eighteen or nineteen, because they did not go to

university. However, nowadays teenagers do not plan pregnancy,

nevertheless they become pregnant. It is because of unprotected

sex or during parties if they drink too much and do not know what

are they doing.

In my opinion teenage pregnancy is a reflection

of life nowadays. Although there are a lot of

warnings about unprotected sex, youngsters are

curious and let’s say irresponsible and because

of this girls become pregnant. In this case

abortion is preferred to keeping a baby.

SOME USEFUL LINKS

• http://www.stat.si/letopis/2011/04_11/04-09-11.htm

• http://www.stat.si/letopis/2011/04_11/04-10-11.htm