The prevalence of teen pregnancy according to the article Prevalence and Characteristics of Teen Motherhood in Canada "it is estimated that 40,000 adolescent girls become pregnant every year and about half of them give birth"(Al-Sahab, Bohr, Connolly, Heifetz, Tamim; 2011) a pregnancy during adolescence can have negative consequences for both the mother and the child. ... These implications include physical complication which adolescents are more likely to experience than mothers who are older at the time of their pregnancy these include; anemia, hypertension, unsafe abortion, postpa...

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