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Introduction teenage pregnancy is one of the pressing issues affecting the american society due to its socioeconomic and healthcare implications however it is interesting to note that there was a sizeable decline in teen birth rates beginning in 1991 and transcending through the twenty first century kearney and levine 2012. Teen pregnancy and teenage pregnancy 1580 words 7 pages when it comes to the topic of teen pregnancy some of us will readily agree that shows like 16 and pregnant promotes teenage pregnancy where this agreement usually ends however is on the question of how producers of 16 and pregnant have made stars out of teen mothers. On becoming a teen mom is a welcome counterweight to reductionist and pathologizing accounts of adolescent mothers this book is a must read for anyone who wants to get beyond pearl clutching and move toward supporting pregnant and parenting teenagers jeanne flavin author of our bodies our crimes the policing of womens reproduction in america. Despite a major decline in adolescent pregnancy since the early 1990s the united states still has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and birth among developed nations three out of every ten american teens get pregnant by age 20 years kost henshaw 2012