PAVING A FUTURE FOR TEEN MOTHERS

  • Parenthood is the leading reason that teen girls drop out of school. More than half of teen mothers never graduate from high school.

    https://americanspcc.org/teen-moms/

  • Only 38% of teen mothers who have a child before they turn 18 have a high school diploma, and less than 2% earn a college degree by age 30.

    http://www.candiesfoundation.org/theFacts

  • Only about 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by the time they’re 22, while about 90% of girls who don’t give birth as an adolescent graduate from high school.

    https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm

  • Suicide is one of the most common causes of death among female adolescents. A greater risk is seen among adolescent mothers who become pregnant outside of marriage and consider suicide as the solution to unresolved problems.

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236269

  • Texas has a teen birth rate of 25.3. In other words, for every 1,000 girls aged 15-19 in Texas, 25.3% will give birth. This places Texas at number 7 among the top 10 states with the highest teen birth rates.

    https://www.texasadoptioncenter.org/blog/texas-teen-pregnancy-rate-statistics/