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When New York City released its Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign, it created quite a stir among citizens nationwide, and among organizations like the Planned Parenthood of New York City.
Haydee Morales, the organization's vice president of education and training, explains that the campaign creates stigma and resentment from the public. Most importantly, it builds weak support from its target audience—the teens—as it generates negative public opinions rather than offering support and aspirations for the youth.
"The city's money would be better spent helping teens access health care, birth control, and high-quality sexual and reproductive health education, not on an ad campaign intended to create shock value," Morales adds.
In the meantime, the Chicago Department of Public Health takes a different approach to fight teenage pregnancy: releasing ads that feature boys who appear to be pregnant. The department imparts the idea that teenage pregnancy and parenthood are not just a burden that girls should put up with. Boys are also involved in the responsibility of taking care of the child.
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Health risk of pregnant teens
Although most teens don't plan on getting pregnant, many of them do. They are unaware of the repercussions of pregnancy and childbirth, and brining up a child. Doctors, like Cristian Andronic and Marilyn Milkman, warn that teenage pregnancy is a magnet of health risks both to the mothers and their babies. This includes a higher risk of high blood pressure and its complications, premature birth, and a low birth weight.
Experts believe that these risks, alongside sociological factors, are the reasons why society should dictate well-thought and engaging teenage pregnancy prevention ads from the government.
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Dr. Cristian Andronic is an expert in high-risk pregnancies. Follow this Twitter page to receive timely updates related to obstetrics and gynecology.
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