Reducing and Preventing Adolescent Childbearing in the Philippines: A Policy Paper

Abstract

The Philippines is being robbed of a hopeful future. The very people whom we could entrust the future are changing their life course due to their early pregnancy. With more than 500 Filipino teens getting pregnant every day, the Philippines ranks third in adolescent pregnancy rate and is the only nation in the ASEAN region that has the increasing rate. It is vital that a policy for the reduction and ultimate prevention of pregnancy among the adolescents must be formulated. The author proposes a strategy that specifically focuses in developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy in the Philippines.

Keywords: teenage pregnancy, policy paper, Philippines, Filipino teens