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Generation Her’s It’s YOUR Choice Campaign
Teen Pregnancy today is the lowest it has been since 1946!
60% of sexually active teens say they wish they waited longer.
Teen Mom Stats in America:
· 700,000 teenagers become pregnant each year.
· Less than 2% of teen moms graduate college before the age of 30.
· 1 out of every 10 children born in the United States is born to a teen mom.
· 31% of teen moms become pregnant again within 2 years.
· Children born to teen mothers are more like to drop out of high school, suffer abuse and neglect, and grow up poor.
· Almost half of teen mothers are on welfare within 5 years of giving birth.
· 51% of girls who have a baby before the age of 18 do not graduate from high school.
Stats from Teen Mom MTV Finale Reunion
Teen pregnancy is finally going down. The United States has the largest number of teen pregnancies of any developed nation in the world. Current television shows, movies, magazines, and popular music exposes teenagers like you to the idea of teen pregnancy and teen parenthood without fully showing the hardships, struggles and consequences that real teen moms face. Generation Her wants to make you aware that “It’s YOUR Choice” to make decisions about abstinence or safe sex. Pregnancy and STDs are 100% preventable through abstinence. It’s YOUR body and you, as a teenage girl are worthy of a guy who will respect you enough to wait until you are ready. 60% of sexually active teens say they wish they waited longer. Sexual activity can lead to unhealthy emotional attachments, STDs that can stay with you forever, and unwanted pregnancy. The consequences of sexual activity far outweigh the rush of the moment.
It’s YOUR Choice where you will draw the line of sexual activity.
It’s YOUR Choice who you will share your body with.
It’s YOUR Choice to prevent yourself from being a teen mom.
Are you going to let yourself be another statistic?
Think about this:
Write down the goals for your life in the next 3 years.
Now write down your goals for the next 5 years. Is college in the picture? Dorms? Dates? New friends? Fun? Not if you have a baby.
What are 3 things you dream of for your future children? Can you give them this from being a teen mom? Not as easily.
It’s YOUR Choice what your future will look like when you make safe decisions about your body and sex.
For more information on safe sex check out www.itsyoursexlife.org
ALSO, CHECKOUT www.thenationalcampaign.org for stats and more info. on how to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy.
Generation Her will send a teen mom speaker to come speak to your school, church or event on the hardships of teen motherhood and why to wait to become a parent. To request a speaker please contact:
Dianna Smiley: 626-825-7874 or email: info@generationher.org
Teen Pregnancy today is the lowest it has been since 1946!
60% of sexually active teens say they wish they waited longer.
Teen Mom Stats in America:
· 700,000 teenagers become pregnant each year.
· Less than 2% of teen moms graduate college before the age of 30.
· 1 out of every 10 children born in the United States is born to a teen mom.
· 31% of teen moms become pregnant again within 2 years.
· Children born to teen mothers are more like to drop out of high school, suffer abuse and neglect, and grow up poor.
· Almost half of teen mothers are on welfare within 5 years of giving birth.
· 51% of girls who have a baby before the age of 18 do not graduate from high school.
Stats from Teen Mom MTV Finale Reunion
Teen pregnancy is finally going down. The United States has the largest number of teen pregnancies of any developed nation in the world. Current television shows, movies, magazines, and popular music exposes teenagers like you to the idea of teen pregnancy and teen parenthood without fully showing the hardships, struggles and consequences that real teen moms face. Generation Her wants to make you aware that “It’s YOUR Choice” to make decisions about abstinence or safe sex. Pregnancy and STDs are 100% preventable through abstinence. It’s YOUR body and you, as a teenage girl are worthy of a guy who will respect you enough to wait until you are ready. 60% of sexually active teens say they wish they waited longer. Sexual activity can lead to unhealthy emotional attachments, STDs that can stay with you forever, and unwanted pregnancy. The consequences of sexual activity far outweigh the rush of the moment.
It’s YOUR Choice where you will draw the line of sexual activity.
It’s YOUR Choice who you will share your body with.
It’s YOUR Choice to prevent yourself from being a teen mom.
Are you going to let yourself be another statistic?
Think about this:
Write down the goals for your life in the next 3 years.
Now write down your goals for the next 5 years. Is college in the picture? Dorms? Dates? New friends? Fun? Not if you have a baby.
What are 3 things you dream of for your future children? Can you give them this from being a teen mom? Not as easily.
It’s YOUR Choice what your future will look like when you make safe decisions about your body and sex.
For more information on safe sex check out www.itsyoursexlife.org
ALSO, CHECKOUT www.thenationalcampaign.org for stats and more info. on how to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy.
Generation Her will send a teen mom speaker to come speak to your school, church or event on the hardships of teen motherhood and why to wait to become a parent. To request a speaker please contact:
Dianna Smiley: 626-825-7874 or email: info@generationher.org
