Reproductive Health Knowledge And Unsafe Induced Abortion Among Adolescents

Based on the cross-contextual analysis and evidence, adolescent pregnancy seems to be a glaring issue. This is due to the fact, that all statistical findings point to the same direction: expressions practiced among the ethnic/racial groups towards the issue. Therefore, will provide analysis on the external factors: programs, policies, and social conditions in the following

Abortion is one of the most talked about topics in teenage pregnancies. When researching abortion, you find many different view points and ideas to the situation. Some of the more obvious view points are those that are well known such as pro-life and Pro-Choice. Although people have abortions they don’t understand the side affects that come along with them.

The fact that it is not legalized in some states makes it hard for women and teenagers who would like to procure abortion to do so safely. This has led to severe consequences on the side of the women. It is estimated that unsafe abortion accounts for

The opponents of birth control to teens overlook the fact that providing birth control to teenage girls would make sex much safer. Certainly, the unsteady rate of teenage pregnancies would decrease. In previous times, girls between the ages of 16-17 would get pregnant unintentionally. However, in this era, 13 and 14 year old girls are having babies-teens who are completely unprepared to give birth and raise a child. In these instances, if the child is not given up for adoption, the responsibility usually becomes that of the parents. In addition, when teenagers are protected from unwanted pregnancies the number of teen abortions taking place each year could be reduced significantly. According to Guttmacher.org, some states in the U.S have reported that 50 percent of pregnant teens receive an abortion. Not only is this a costly procedure, but it is also

Seeing how high the number of abortion is, it is the job of a public health official to provide both women and men with the education and necessary resources to make decisions about their sexual behavior. In 2010, 18% of majority of pregnancies in our nation sadly ended in an abortion. Even though this study was on such a wide age range, the 20s have been found to consistently majority of the abortions. It is key to keep observing the adolescent pregnancies and abortion rate. In hopes that with the education and the resources help the influence of abortions to decrease. From Abortion Surveillance, public health officials are able to observe changes, evaluate pregnancy rates, analyze the effectives of local programs throughout the U.S. and be able to recognize the types of common characteristics in women who are getting

One of the main reasons for high rates of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. is the continuation of ineffective abstinence based education (Bell, 2009) and not allowing teenagers to make abortion related decisions. In the U.S. Eighty two percent of the teenage pregnancy is unintended and 37 % of total unintended pregnancies result in abortion. Teenagers choose to abort babies because of shame, staying focused on career, unstable financial status to support babies and not getting emotional and economic support from parents. Twenty two percent of pregnant teenagers choose not to tell their parents (ACLU, 2001).

Unintended pregnancies and induced abortions are common and occur among women of all social and economic groups. Where the abortion rate is high, it likely reflects that levels of contraceptive use are not sufficient to meet the fertility desires and family planning needs of women and couples. History/background of the issue: Since 1996, abortion rates declined by at least 2% per year in 12 of the 28 countries with complete abortion counts and trend data, and rates increased by this much in two countries. Abortion rates were relatively stable in the remaining countries.

The Contraceptive CHOICE Project enrolled 9256 women in the St Louis area from 2007. The women were between the ages of 14 and 45 and were mostly young and poor. The study educated them about the full range of contraceptive options and provided whichever one they preferred. Participants were followed for three years. It found a teenage birth rate of 6.3 per 1000 among the study participants, far below the national average of 34.3 per 1000 over the same period. The number of abortions fell by 21% among all women in the study area, compared with no change in the number of abortions in the rest of Missouri (P Obstetrics and gynecology 120.6 (2012):

For every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years old, 14.6 babies were aborted during 2010. The ratio of abortions to births was 228 to 1,000. In 2010, 14.6% of all abortions were obtained by girls 15–19 years old. They also had an abortion rate of 11.7 abortions per 1,000.Of all the women who had abortions 85.3% were unmarried. For married women the ratio of abortions to births was 52 to 1,000, but for unmarried women it was 438 to 1,000. Less than one percent of the women surveyed said that they had been pressured into having an abortion.

Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15-19 in LMIC’s (Morris & Rushwan, 2015). The primary reason for these preventable death-causing complications is that teenagers are not properly supplied with contraceptives. Due to these unplanned and unwanted pregnancies approximately 4.5 million teenage girls undergo an abortion each year, with an estimated 3 million of them being performed unsafely (Morris & Rushwan, 2015). Some detrimental complications that may occur from an unsafe abortion are “cervical tearing, perforated uterus and bowel, hemorrhage, chronic pelvic infection and abscesses, infertility, endotoxic shock, renal failure, and death (Morris & Rushwan).” These are potential health problems that can haunt these young girls for the rest of their lives. By arming them with ways to avoid these unwanted pregnancies as community healthcare nurses we can spare them from these torturous side effects. Public health nurses can play a vital role in educating teenage girls on the different methods, benefits, and informatics of contraceptives available to them.

Abortions are quite common among the nation especially between the ages of 15-44 mostly to non-planned pregnancies. This shows that it is quite a norm for unplanned pregnancies to happen nowadays in society.

Continuing on from the last paragraph, 90% of pregnant teenagers are rape or incest victims. About 1 in 10 girls under 20 become pregnant every year, as well as around 40,000 dropping out every year due to the required care and focus needed for postnatal care. “But opponents of parental involvement say abortions actually are safer for adolescents than childbirth is. In fact, they say, girls ages 15–19 are about 24 times more likely to die from childbirth than from First-trimester legal abortion.” (Clark, Charles S.) Pregnancy in any case is risky and can pose external issues aside from the already potential health risks, but younger individuals in this demographic pose a higher risk of stress and even death when considering every factor at

The lack of contraception use resulting in teenage pregnancy reflects the statistics published by the European Commission (2000) which indicates that the United Kingdom has one of the highest abortion rates among women under the age of 20. In the United Kingdom abortion is freely available on the National Health Service and there is an unproven misconception that some teenagers can view this service as a secondary form of contraception which could ultimately explain the high abortion rate statistics for this country.

This study examines the association between reproductive health knowledge and unsafe induced abortion among female adolescents (13-19years) in selected communities in Oshodi Local government area of Lagos state. Data were obtained

Illegal abortion is a general problem in the Society. It is frequently followed by Physical, Social and psychological complications. The study was carried out to find out the effects of illegal abortion among female minors in Ojo Local Government Area. The rational for this Study is to educate the female minors of Ojo Local Government Area on’ sex education, which will help to prevent and control the occurrence of illegal abortion. The need for this study arose because despite the awareness on the danger on the illegal abortion, it is still epidemic on the female minors of Ojo Local government Area in Lagos state. Various literatures were reviewed on this topic’s objectives set and research questions formulated from where questionnaires were structured used in solving this problem. Data were presented in bar charts, tables, pie charts and graphs. The findings were as follow-- The physical effects are bleeding, vesico-vaginal fistula, septicemia etc. . the social effects are unemployment and dropping out of school. The psychological effects are mood-swing, self condemnation etc. In conclusion