The vast majority -- approximately 85% -- of teen pregnancies are unplanned and 79% are to unmarried teens.

About 20% of the fathers marry the teen mothers of their first children. And, on average, the remaining 80 percent pay less than $800 annually for child support -- that is less than $16 a week.

Less than one-third of teens who have children before age 18 ever get their high school diploma.

About 4 in 10 girls in the United States will become pregnant at least once before the age of 20 -- almost 1 million a year.

In a recent poll conducted by the National Campaign, 63 percent of teens who have had sexual intercourse said they wish they had waited. (In the poll, 55 percent of teen boys and 72 percent of teen girls said they wished they had waited to have sex.)

If you have unprotected sex, you have an 85 percent chance of becom

Blinded by the love or the deep feelings I have for him.

How do I feel while lying under him?

• A quarter of sexually active teenage girls become pregnant.

As I wait for him to show me some affection.

• Teen girls are faced with so many challenges in everyday life. We have so many decisions and choices to make will affect the rest of our lives. Smoking, drinking, boys, grades, parents, friends, peer pressure...just to name a few. I think that these problems relate to teen pregnancy because all a teenage girl wants to do is to fit in and be accepted by her peers. Unfortunately, I think that some girls are so stuck on this idea of belonging that they will go any distance to fulfill it - including having sex. I hope that girls would look for another way to get involved instead of becoming pregnant.1

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