An overview on teen pregnancy in current times

Pregnancies among teenagers and adolescent parenthood are a source of worry throughout the globe. Teenage pregnancies are nothing new in the historical context. In recent years, obstetrical hazards in adolescent pregnancies have been mostly attributed to negative social and economic variables rather than chronological age. This isn't to say that teen pregnancies aren't still a major public health issue around the world. For most of human history, it was unavoidable for females to marry in their late teens and have their first child in their second decade. This kind of reproductive activity was socially acceptable and even encouraged. Nowadays, however, preventing adolescent pregnancies and young motherhood is a public health priority in almost every industrialized country, as well as a growing number of developing nations. Young pregnancies have long been linked with serious medical issues; nevertheless, the majority of evidence supporting this perspective was gathered decades ago and mostly reflects the condition of per se socially disadvantaged teenage mothers.