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I never really had any problems since I'm still a virgin xD

Same here, I don't even take birth control either.

I'm not really sure why teen pregnancy is such a big issue in the U.S, especially there's plenty of ways to prevent it... and for most American teens, they've been educated on the matter (school and parents). *shrugs* I guess the only people that can answer this puzzling event is the teens themselves who ended up pregnant and all.

Anyway, for me personally, I go with abstinence. I've made a promise to myself that I won't have sex until after marriage.

I agree Moonie, I too chose abstinence until after I'm married as well.

*shakes head in disapproval* Not fair to the baby you know! Such a twisted, cruel, butchered, hacked and ruined world we live in!

And why do you believe this? Because it's mainstream opinion of anyone who's not a sexually active teenager? Orthodox? Accepted? Or you might say it's logical. But it's only logical in the case of the teenagers who are too stupid to use protection. So, a logical ban on sex for illogical teenagers? That sounds quite logical, don't you think?

(Erm, apologize for the wall of text, but this is something important, and I don't quite agree with everything said so far in the thread)

It isn't just the parent's fault, sure, if parent's don't discuss this with their kids, all sorts of things might happen, but the fact is, these teens are usually subjected to this from about 7th grade onwards year after year from the school system. If the teens feel that they won't get pregnant eve after hearing about those choices, then that's just as much the teen's fault as their parents.

I've got nothing against abortions, as long as it's early on. I don't see why women and girls are waiting until the third trimester to decide. it's perfectly fine in my eyes for a woman who doesn't want a baby to have it aborted very early on, it's not hard to tell early on in the pregnancy, and then a decision can be made before it really begins forming. Rape is a serious thing to consider, but again, they're usually able to get it aborted not long after if that's the choice they make.

Birth control, That's something that a lot of teens are told about, pretty much every year. It's not hard to buy condoms, and other birth control methods aren't difficult to get either. it's not a 100% fail proof method, and there's still a chance of getting pregnant, it's a lot smaller, bit it's still a chance. What teens need to realize isn't that birth control isn't 100%, but that even if it isn't 100% safe, it's a lot safer than being unprotected.

Abstinence is okay for some, but it doesn't need to be the only thing explained to teenagers. They should know that they can't get pregnant if they aren't having sex, (sans in vitro) And that birth control isn't going to be 100% all the time.

Adoption works, but often times it isn't considered because the teens just don't think about it. You make adoption sound like some terrible thing. In fact, most of the time, adoption can be the right thing when the baby is born. Many teen parents drop out of high school to care for their baby, or they pass on the care to their parents until they can support the baby themselves. (sometimes at the cost of not going to college for both parents, child support you know.) I'm sure that you might see adoption as a bad thing since you would like to raise your own child. But consider for a moment, You need a job to get money to take care of your baby, but to get the job, you need support to keep your baby safe. in order to make enough money, you'd need to finish high school, which is hard if you're taking care of a new baby. You could, give it up to adoption, and give it the chance of a home right away where it can grow up in the conditions that you'd want but can't quite give your baby right away.

it's a controversial topic. The abortion topic that is, no matter where you are talking about it, it usually, but not always, brings up a rather heated discussion, sometimes it changes from a discussion to an argument.
If people throw in their opinions, and can discuss it without getting overly worked up about it, but if these opinions get backed by evidence, and/or situations to explain the opinion, it should result in one of our few threads that get locked.