... abuse and potential sexual behavior that may increase the risk of pregnancy during adolescence and including their limitations. 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 ... and the child. There is a plethora of empirical evidence that there are negative implications for the mother, child and the community when an adolescent becomes pregnant. These implications include physical complication w...

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