Teenage pregnancy

For starters, we could cut back our co2 emissions.

From what I've been reading, teens don't seem to have any problems getting pregnant.

I'll field that one to Mike Holly's infamous college list.

Unfortunately shows like Teen Mom just glamorize teen pregnancy and it's disgusting. They have no idea what it's like to be a Teen Mom. I have seen some of my best friends struggle after being teenage parents. I say let them spend a week with a single teenage Mom and see just how glamorous the REAL world is.

Bring back those belts from the middle ages that prevent the proper access? UPDATE: You know, there is one little point I'd like to make. People talk about this like its all a problem with the girls, but think about what we tell guys about sex for a second... does anyone think I might have stumbled on to a contributing factor here? It falls to the men out there to quit supporting this gotta get it mentality where we lie, fight with each other, and do all other kinds of unbelievable shit over a shot at the cookie. Be men, you pricks...

You could be responsible and use protection if you decide to have sex. Or you could do like Bristol Palin and charge $30,000 per appearance so you could discuss the importance of abstinence. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/27/investopedia44353 .DTL But not all of us can leverage out our parents celebrity to get lucrative speaking gigs.

Education is one thing, but not likely to work in the long-term. Just like teenage runaways, you think these kids have a great life at home?

This will always happen to some degree,but it could be significantly reduced by some good,honest, fact filled sex education and making sure birth control is available for those who don't abstain.This would also reduce the spread of STDs and AIDS among youth.It's a lot less expensive to distribute condoms or have a "free" clinic than to pay to support all those unwed teens & their kids.

Give them education and condoms. I managed to make it all through highschool without getting knocked up, if I could do it so can everybody else. It's not like condoms are hard to come by.

I think teenagers have all the sexual know-how they need, they just refuse to take it into account when making irresponsible decisions. If they were not provided with the financial means with which to have children, then they will think twice.

Well, a proper sex education might help a bit, but it won't stop all occurances.  Maybe the real "problem" are people's negative attitudes towards young women who do get pregnant.  Maybe if there weren't such a stigma on it, things wouldn't be so bad.

I think we need more sex education in the school system,and more places for a girl to turn if in fact she gets pregnant.she needs to know about all the options she has in a supportive atmosphere.

The primary or secondary answer to all problems is (drum roll) education.  Education regarding physiology, sexuality, or the ramifications and impact of an uplanned pregnancy should be the first step or at lest one of the first steps. . .a serious hurdle considering our social discomfort of the sexual development of young women. . .

I don't know about those belts, numbah, they may work, but a little more balanced education without the belt might work better and be less painful. :)

Let me suggest the solution "Abortion".

How about a little more education and actually talking to them before they get in over their heads.

Teenage pregnancy is more than just a mishap of hormones out of control. It is a matter in most cases of child molestation and the culprits are usually kept hidden and protected. Government should get their nose out of what is not its business and get it into finding and punishing these potential future criminals, and make them pay.