Teenage Pregnancy Although people look down on girls who get pregnant at such a young age and it differs from their late twenties, they are similar in many ways . For example, how much you will spend on a baby, whether or not you will be a single mother. There are also a lot of different things between teenage girls and girls who have finished school and know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Girls capable of taking care of a baby. Maybe they're not married or anything, but you don't have to be married to have a baby. Before you have a baby, finish school and know that you are stable enough to take care of a life other than your own. There are a lot of things to prepare for before your baby is born. If sexually abused at a young age, girls will begin having sex before the age of sixteen (Witwer). Early sexual intercourse is often caused by stress. If girls are stressed at home, they turn to sex. Most of the time, these girls turn to sex with older men. They will internalize the victimization, leading to depression, anxiety, and self-harm. They may resort to unprotected sex, which increases their chances of getting pregnant, and they may also use drugs. Girls with this background are more likely to have a partner twice their age. They may engage in prostitution, for example having sex in exchange for shelter, drugs or money. They do these kinds of things to support their children, but ultimately they hurt them and their children. The effects of trauma, particularly sexual trauma, on victims' physical, psychological, and social well-being were first explored in the early 1970s (Harner). Teenage mothers are at risk of drug use, running away, joining gangs and dropping out of school (De Genna). If sexual abuse...... middle of paper ......ec. 2013Henshaw, Stanley K. “Abortion and Teen Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1992.” Family Planning Perspectives 29.3 (1997): 115-22. ProQuest. Internet. November 25, 2013 Rochman, Hazel. “Teenage Sex and Pregnancy.” The Booklist 108.15 (2012): 50. ProQuest. Internet. December 6, 2013. Sawhill, Isabel V. “Teen Sex, Pregnancy, and Out-of-wedlock Births.” Gender Issues 23.4 (2006): 48-59. Proquest. Internet. December 5, 2013. Swierzewski, Stanley J. “Risks of Teen Pregnancy.” February 27, 2014. Web.Widom, Cathy Spatz and Joseph B. Kuhns. “Childhood victimization and subsequent risk of promiscuity, prostitution and teenage pregnancy: a potential project.” » American Journal of Public Health 86.11 (1996): 1607-12. ProQuest. Internet. November 25, 2013. Witwer, M. (1997). Early sexual activity, but not childhood sexual abuse, increases the risks of teenage pregnancy. Family planning perspectives, 29(4), 195-6