I'm happy, but you must stop and think
THIS week the Grimsby Telegraph revealed that teenage pregnancies in our area had fallen by eight per cent in 2008.
Sexual health has become a hot topic in recent months – attracting a raft of council and health care initiatives – as well as being the focus of our successful Let's Talk About Sex campaign.
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Chloe Roberts at home with her three-year-old daughter Lexie.
As reported, the number of teenagers falling pregnant in North East Lincolnshire has always been relatively high compared to the national average.
Analysis of the latest figures showed that 191 teenage girls became pregnant in North East Lincolnshire in 2008, down from 221 the year before.
And, while in the same year for every 1,000 girls in the region aged between 15 and 17, there were 58 pregnancies – compared to the national average of 40 – the drop has been heralded as a significant step.
Health reporter ANDREW EDGEWORTH, has been finding out more about what measures have been put in place to lead to the fall – and spoken to two young mums to find out what more could have been done to help them avoid falling pregnant at the age of just 16.
For more information, see today's Grimsby Telegraph.
5 Comments
by rob, grimsby
Tuesday, March 02 2010, 8:19AM
“so i am to keep paying my tax, for you and your offspring, 13TEEN,14TEEN 15TEEN 16TEEN 17TEEN 18TEEN 19TEEN, teen that means teenager, not adult young person, not grown up,just because you and your like have kids, dont mean your either grown up or a adult, or mature,”
by Ste, Cleethorpes
Monday, March 01 2010, 4:47PM
“Can I ask why is it you have removed my comment earlier which simply said Chloe Roberts posted a reply to this story on Saturday and you have since removed her comment? I think your censorship is absolutely bizarre when you not only start editing stories that the person they relate to says they have been quoted out of context, but then to remove both their right of reply and my comment that you removed the right of reply is absolutely incomprehensible. Why do you censor anyone who poses legitimate questions on your journalistic styles?”
by Letisha, Grimsby
Sunday, February 28 2010, 8:18PM
“fell pregnant at 18 had my little man at 19 and he is 5 months old now and he is the best thing thats happend to me and his father.
and for Rob dont look if u dont like it.”
by Chelsea, Grimsby
Sunday, February 28 2010, 11:22AM
“i was 17 when i fell pregnant..18 when i had him. i was in a stable relationship and felt mature enough to have a baby. so i stopped taking the pill in order to become pregnant. it worked.. im now nearly 20 and have a beautiful 17month old son. who i wouldnt change for the world.. so rob.. i wasnt a kid having a kid at all.. i was obviously mentally n physically capable of looking after a new born baby.. and have to say that its the best thing i have ever done!”
by rob, grimsby
Saturday, February 27 2010, 10:08AM
“kids having kids,not right. !”