Teen Pregnancy

Teen+Pregnancy

Mackenzie Oakes

  Nowadays kids aren’t really taught about the use of correct protection when it comes to having any sexual encounter. There are also some teens out there that think they need to lose their virginity to be able to “fit in.”  As a result you could take a walk down the street and see a few teens with a baby bump. Things just don’t make sense anymore. Teens everywhere are turning up left and right being pregnant, and they didn’t even plan to get pregnant. Everyone young and old should know how to use protection right away; you don’t want to end up pregnant with someone’s kid that you aren’t ready for. You may think you are ready to have this child, but unless you are married or are settled down it might be difficult. These unexpected pregnancies need to stop, it would just lead to more devastating problems.

   Some teens nowadays are getting into a little pickle. They are having to go to the doctors because they think they could be pregnant. They might get lucky and not be, but it seems that the kids are going to become parents and have kids of their own. Now if they are are expecting they start to freak out because they are too young to have a child of their own. The expecting mother will have to go to the father. Normally, when she tells him he doesn’t want anything to do with the child because “it was a mistake” and “he doesn’t even like kids,” so now she’s stuck alone to raise her child.

   What is the school doing to help you with the pregnancy? You’re going to need to finish high school to be able to support your child/ren. Here at McPherson High School if you go to your counselor they are willing to help you judgement free. If you haven’t told your parents about your pregnancy the counselor will ask you and the main thing that they will get you to do is tell your parents yourself. The age of consent is sixteen, but even if you are that age or older they still have to contact the authorities and your parents. It will need to be on file because they need to find out whether the father has violated you in any way. Their main priority is to ask and worry about the health of your baby and yourself. They also have a packet that they will give you with a lot of information.

  Contact information for places that are able to help you in some way;

    • Address- 801 E. First St, McPherson, KS  67460
    • Phone Number- (620) 241-9507