The concept of "teen pregnancy" needs to be abandoned

1: PovertyPro talks about how Poverty isn't an issue, and that Teen Mothers actually end up growing to up earn "more in income, paid more in taxes, were substantially less likely to live in poverty and collected less in public assistance than similarly poor women who waited until their 20s to have babies." Pro has cherry picked numbers, comparing his numbers to women who were already poor. When we compare them to other women, we find his claim doesn't stand up to statistics.Research shows that around 66% of all teen mothers end up in poverty.(1) This is much higher than the 13.8% of women who end up living in poverty in the United States.(2)We also find that around 25% of teen moms end up going on Welfare within 3 yeras.(1)[1] http://www.thenationalcampaign.org...[2] http://www.americanprogress.org...[] 2: EducationOnly 32% of Teen Mothers complete High School before entering their late 20's compared to 73% of average women who didn't have kids.(3) Of the 68% of Teen Mother's who didn't graduated by then, few graduated at all.Only 51% (half) of all Teen Mothers ever got a Diploma from High School. compared to 89% of woman who waited to have children.(4) 30% of women who Dropped out of school did so primarily because of childbirth. 9% of Teen moms got a GED, and the last 40% of Teen moms never graduated.(5)[3] http://www.moappp.org...[4] http://www.thenationalcampaign.org...[5] http://motherhood.modernmom.com...[] 3: EmploymentWith the high number of Teen Mom drop outs, this leaves employment for Teen Mom's well below that of average women. The women who do manage a job will, for most their parenting career only earn $19,169 on average(6), well below the average income of other women, who earn $36,931 a year average.(7)Pro talks about all the motherhood issues that harm Mothers who waited until they were 20+, but pretends these issues only affect that group, and acts as though Teen Mother's are immune to these problems. They are actually hit much worse.Teen Mother's can't juggle child care with school and a job. They must either give up the job, or the education... Both hurt them even long after the Child has left. Teens who don't get pregnant can attend school and a job. This helps set them up financially before moving out on their own, grants them great work experience, and a diploma + education.[6] http://www.moappp.org...[7] http://www.catalyst.org...;4: RebuttalsI have handled all but Pro's last stance: "The real problem is our own attitude to teen pregnancy and teen sex, and also we only get one side of the picture. The concept of "teen pregnancy" needs to be abandoned because it's stigmatizing, prejudicial and counterproductive." To start, what two sides are there? There is the Teen Pregnancy side and no other in this picture.Pro is confused. His idea of andandoning the idea of Teen Pregnancy is counter-productive. Continuing to acknowledge that Teen Pregnancy is a real issue is the first step to being Productive. Acknowledging a problem is also far from Prejudice. Truth can not be Prejudice.Teen Pregnancy and Teen Sex leads to many issues during and after raising the child. Abandoning the concept of Teen Pregnancy would be similiar to if we had abandoned the idea that Black People were treated poorly in the 50's. You think you abolish the issue, but you simply ignore it while it grows.Teen Pregnancy leads to many problems, and costs the Government $10.9 billion in tax dollars each year in Welfare and Aide.(8) Making Teen Pregnancy appear to not be bad would only promote it (especially if we follow Pro's idea) and send US Teen Pregnancy rates higher. We would likely see the Government Spending to Teen Mother increade to $20 billion+ in no more than a few years. [8] http://www.thenationalcampaign.org...[]Con's case simply does not match the Evidence and Statistics.