Teen Pregnancy In Malaysia



Deputy minister of women family and community development hannah yeoh recently revealed a number of alarming statistics regarding baby dumping and teenage pregnancy in malaysia.

Teen pregnancy in malaysia. The majority of adolescent pregnancies were unplanned and about 50 may end up in abortions. More alarmingly an average of 18 000 teenagers in malaysia get pregnant each year and seek medical attention at government health clinics. It was in the news recently that perak recorded 615 cases of teen pregnancy involving students last year.

This is the first of a two part article on pregnancies out of wedlock involving teenage girls. On an average 1 500 young girls get pregnant each month or 50 a day nationwide and medical attention. In malaysia research has shown that an average of 18 000 teenage girls get pregnant each year.

The term in everyday speech usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood which varies across the world who become pregnant. Parents who assume the worst about their pregnant teens often fail to see that they have an enormous influence on their children s decisions about sex. Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl usually within the ages of 13 19 becoming pregnant.

Research has shown that an average of 18 000 teenage girls in malaysia get pregnant each year. Aizura said in malaysia social acceptance of teenage pregnancy is still poor restricted and secluded. To summarise the published research on teenage pregnancy in malaysia discuss the impact of the findings on clinical practice and identify gaps in teenage pregnancy research in malaysia.

Speaking at the dewan rakyat on monday 22nd october she was quoted by astro awani as saying the malaysian population and family survey that was carried out in 2015 by. It is also regarded as taboo as premarital sex incest rape sexual abuse and teen. Teens who feel a loving parental presence at home are more likely to abstain from sex wait until they are older to begin having sex have fewer sexual partners and use contraception more consistently.