Is teen pregnancy affecting the us?

Answer 1

Yes of course. It costs the tax payers 8 billion dollars a year. It also spreads from one generation to another where if the mother was a teen when she had her daughter, the daughter have a increased risk of also becoming a teen mom. If your child lives in a neighborhood with many teen moms in school, she is also at a higher risk to become one. The children of teen mothers are more inclined to end up in crime and the mothers are more inclined to be single parents. Also only 1,5% has graduated from college by the time they are 30 and 60% drop out of high school. Teen pregnancy have a HUGE impact on the US.