Protecting Yourself and Your Baby: Teen Pregnancy and Health Risks

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Adolescents in this young age group are more than twice as likely to die of pregnancy complications as mothers between the ages of 20 to 24. Out of 12 million cases annually, 3 million are the teens affected by sexually transmitted diseases. If the mother is affected by an STD, these can cause serious health risks to her child as well; syphilis can cause death of the infant, besides causing blindness and death of the mother, and HIV can be fatal to both mother and child...
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If the mother is affected by an STD, these can cause serious health risks to her child as well; syphilis can cause death of the infant, besides causing blindness and death of the mother, and HIV can be fatal to both mother and child.
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