Rising teenage pregnancy among young teens in Philippines (www.dw.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 14 Feb 04:07
https://lemmy.zip/post/59075240

According to data cited by the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), the percentage of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 who had begun childbearing declined from 8.6% in 2017 to 5.4% in 2022.

However, live births among girls aged 10 to 14 rose from 2,411 in 2019 to 3,343 in 2023, based on Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) civil registration data referenced by the CPD.

The 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey reported that approximately 10.9% of girls aged 15–19 in the region have begun childbearing. It’s the highest rate among all regions in the country.

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Default_Defect@anarchist.nexus on 14 Feb 06:14 next collapse

Teenage pregnancy among teens, eh?

OpenStars@piefed.social on 14 Feb 06:37 collapse

Those teens had sex.

52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org on 14 Feb 11:50 collapse

I’m going to bet the vast majority of cases involve an adult predator.

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Cherry@piefed.social on 14 Feb 07:44 next collapse

Wtf do they expect. They spent years letting pedos use the country as a playground. These kids are sexualised.

10-14 is barely teen it’s as much teen as it is child, and these ages are not got pregnant. It’s of a live birth it takes a 9 month pregnancy beforehand so in some cases it could be a 9yr old.

They need to be investigating this crap.

3jane@piefed.ca on 14 Feb 16:22 collapse

From the article it sounds like they thought they didn’t need sexual information programs for girls under 14.