Is Teen Pregnancy A Problem?

I see it said often that we need to do something about the "problem of teen pregnancy". I don't think so. What is problematic about pregnancy? Nothing, unless you're a liberal, but I see conservatives say this too, and I'd rather not think they're being inconsistent. Maybe there is something wrong about teen pregnancy, and not just pregnancy itself. If so, what is it? I think there is the assumption that the child cannot be cared for properly, and that is the root of the problem. But I'm wondering, if these pregnancies did not happen out of wedlock, which I think is another assumption being made, would the child be able to be provided for thus eliminating the "problem"? If so, then the problem isn't that teens are having children, it is that there are children being born out of wedlock. And so the solution is the encouragement of marriage, not the encouragement of condoms or something silly like that. 

There is the issue of whether teens are actually equipped to care and provide for a child granting that they are married because teens are still in high school when they have children, and so, job prospects for teens, as well as financial independence and living independence, are genuine hindrances. Maybe a way to get rid of that obstacle is to re-orient education so that we don't worship going to college and re-emphasize the importance of trades. But that's a whole other topic. 

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