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Unplanned Pregnancy is one of the biggest challenges facing young adults in their 20s today. According to Sarah Brown, CEO, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (NCPTUP), 2/3 of single parent household and ½ abortions rate in nation are young adults in their 20s. Most of these young adults are in community colleges. As a result, the NCPTUP is working with lots of community colleges, such as Montgomery College, to reduce the number of young adults facing unplanned pregnancy.
To further your knowledge toward how to prevent yourself or someone you love from unplanned pregnancy, we ask you to explore Prevention website. The prevention website details different types of contraception (Birth Control). Moreover, it covers sex education piece of unexpected pregnancy, which has some frequent questions and answers that people like you have asked about unintended pregnancy.
Are there challenges when you are pregnant? Yes, mostly when it is not planned. What are some challenges that I should expect when I get pregnant? You should expect some financial, educational, health and other challenges when you get pregnant, essentially when you are not ready for it. To learn more about some of these challenges go to Challenges.
Every sexual active female should test herself for pregnancy as soon as she missed her first menstrual cycle, mostly if she practices unprotected sex. There are different types of pregnancy methods that a young woman can use to determine if she is pregnant.These tests can be done at home or at a health clinic. To find health clinics or to get help with unplanned pregnancy go to Help.
How does someone get pregnant from having sex? Isn’t it something that everyone does starting at the age of 13? Not, everyone have sex at the age of 13. Some people have decided to wait until they get married or until they are ready to have sex. Age does not have any thing to do with having sex. Having sex is about making a smart and safety diction about what is best for you and your whole body. A lot of people do have sex without getting pregnant. The different between the people that get pregnant and the people that did not is the method of protection that the people are using. Some people use contraception, while some people did. When you use contraceptives, you are having safe and protected sex. As a result, you are less likely to get pregnant. However, if you are not using contraceptives or any other from of protection, you are having unsafe and unprotected sex, which can result in unintended pregnancy. Unprotected sex is the major factor that leads to unplanned pregnancy. Unprotected sex is defined as making little or no effort to protect oneself when having sex. For example, use birth control inproperly when having sex is consider as having unprotected sex because it still puts you in the same risk for becoming pregnant or getting STD just as someone who did not use birth control. There are lots of reasons both young men and young women practice unprotected sexes. Some of these reasons are:
1. I had too much to drink
2. I was caught in the moment
3. I cannot become pregnant because I know how to protect myself from unplanned pregnancy
4. I do not like how contraceptive feels
5. I do not like contraceptive side effects
6. I am sterile
7. I do not know where to get contraceptive
8. I do not have time to go to the drug store to get contraceptive
9. I am not comfortable buying contraceptives
10. I don’t went people to think that I am a slut
11. I am too shy to get contraceptive
12. I do not have money for contraceptive
Source
Lindsay, Anne, MD, Humbolt County (CA) Health and Human Services Public Health Branch; Kathleen Cook, Lincoln-Lancaster County (NE) Health Department; Lei-Anne Ellis, Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department; Keith Johnson, RS, and Joyce Sayler, RN, Custer Health (ND); Judith Shlay, MD, MSPH, Denver Metro Health Clinic; Gina R. Nicholson, RS,Columbus (OH) Health Department; Irene G. Warren, Greene County (OH) Combined Health District; Alfred Grasso, Palm Beach County (FL) Department of Health; Dianne Fisher, Montgomery County (MD) Department of Health and Human Services; Lynn Trefen, Tri-County (CO) Health Department; Robert Blake, Metropolitan Atlanta Surveillance Task Force; Maryanne Ferrara, MS; Una Diffley, MS; Jill Dunkel, MS; and Lisa Lieberman, PhD; Rockland County. “Promoting Effective Local Public Health Practice”
National Association of County and City Health Officials Volume 3 Issue 2 Fall 2004
Solomon, Frank. "Campaign aims to reduce unplanned pregnancy among single, young adults (focus)." Policy & Practice 65.4 (Dec 2007). p25(1).
Women’s Issues In Guyana (WIIG). “New horizons for teenage girls with children” Guyana ChronicleApril 17, 2008
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