820,000 is a huge number. That is the number of teenage girls that become pregnant each year according to teenpregnancy.com. So many teens that become pregnant at such and early age, have tons of decisions to make. Decisions such as how to tell their parents, what kind of job they can get, deciding on keeping the baby or putting it up for adoption, are all things that will change the teens life.
    Brenda Brown, mother of a student at Moody High School,  says, "When a teen becomes pregnant, a million things are running through their heads". Things such as, "How will my parents react", "How do I tell them", or "What will people think of me". These are all thoughts that may also put a lot of stress on the teen and cause her to have a miscarriage, which can also be life threatening to the mother. 
    Teenagepregnancy.com says the overall teen pregnancy in the U.S. costs at least $7 billion annually. Also, one in three girls in the U.S. is estimated to become pregnant at least once before age 20. Prtegnant Teen Help says that the teen birth rate has dropped almost a third since early 1990. Also, 80 percent of teen pregnancies are unintended, which makes an adoption and abortion rate rise by at least 40 percent. 
    A decade ago the number was four out of ten girls that become pregnant within a year and in 2002, there were more than 750,000 teen pregnancies in the U.S., including 215,000 teen abortions, according to Pregnant Teen Help. Billions of dollars are spent on taking care of the teengage mother and her children. 
    Most teens that become pregnant at such an early age usually have a hard time maintaining a stable life. Among the black teenagers, the pregnancy rate dropped around 40 percent since 1990, the Hispanic teenage pergnancy rate dropped around 19 percent since 1990, and the white teenage pregnancy rate dropped arounf 34 percent according to teenpregnancy.com.
    Almost all teenage pregnancies are frowned upon, simply because other teens and adults jump to conclusion that the child is very immature or has no self-respect, but that isnt always the case. Teens just simply make mistakes. No teen should be judged because of this. It could happen to anyone. 
    The teen birth rate has declined slowly since 1991 to 2002 with an overall decline of 30 percent for those aged 15 to 19 according to teenpregnancystatistics.com. Along with the 820,000 teens that become pregnant each year, 80 percent of these teen mothers end up on welfare. This is when the government pays for everything, due to the face that the teen could not pay for the baby and support it the way she should. 
    In conclusion, teen pregnancies are very difficult and causes a lot of money to be spent and the teens life is chaged forever. Not only does this effect the teens life, but it also effect the lives of the people close to him/her. Just be smart and think about the possible consequences.