Why is the number of teenage mothers increasing?

[Kionna23]

I walk through the hallways of the High Schools and see all of the pregante younge ladies why are their so many? They don't want to get pregant yet they still do is this because the don't know that much about safe sex of don't know how to prevent it? If schools passed out condoms would it reduce all of the teens getting pregant? They want to have sex and we see we can't stop them once their mind is made up so we might as well help them and inform them on how to do it right so they don't get in situtions like becoming pregante or catching somthing. The question is if more parents accepted kids having sex would they still do it as often? or if they were provide condoms or birthcontrol pills would it let kids be kids and not try to raise their own kids that they are not ready for 

[laceybriglia]

I think school systems are doing a horrible job at teaching about safe sex. At my school they NEVER taught us about ejaculant/pre-ejaculant and how a girl can get pregnant. So most of them don't understand. I think that parents should put their daughters on birth control when they get around 16 just in case.  I think that would make things a lot better because I know these young girls are not ready for a child.

[rlshank09]

The reason teens are getting pregnant is because of the media. The show the Secret Life of the American teen shows that it isnt okay to have sex, but most do it because of peer pressure. I find it odd how many teens also have sex because the parents dont speak to them about it, and their home situation is not that great. there is very little positive influence out there, and i think somoene needs to start going to the schools and saying that its not oky to have sex, but if you do know the consequence.s