The topic on teenage pregnancy and abortion has been a controversial topic, which has raised eyebrows especially since cases of the same increase daily at an alarming rate. For instance, according to studies conducted in the US, more than 1 million teenage girls between the ages of 15-19 years of age get pregnant, which leads to more than 600,000 births. In many cases, the pregnancies come as a surprise as the girls do not plan for them. Steve Doughty has written one article that explores the topic of teenage pregnancy as well as abortion in the popular Daily Mail Online . He gives quite disturbing statistics of the number of abortions carried out by teenage girls who are not ready to become parents. He states that in the year 2008, out of approximately 40,000 teenage pregnancies, there was termination of more than 20,000 (Doughty, 2009). The author continues to show how teenage pregnancies are increasing with every passing year. He speaks of the efforts made by the government to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies such as giving out free contraceptives and providing sex education. The other article that gives insight into this controversial topic of teenage pregnancy and abortion is in the journal for nurses in General Practice . Written by Jan Norton, the article looks into the issue of providing contraceptives to young girls as a way of reducing teenage pregnancies. Therefore, this paper seeks to compare and contrast both of the aforementioned articles and determine which of them has data that is more valid and is easy for the reader to comprehend easily coupled with looking into the similarities of the two articles. Written by Steve Doughty in the year 2009, the article, “Most Teenage pregnancies now end with an abortion”, highlights the number of pregnancies happening in the contemporary society that end up in abortion. It shows how as compared to the teenage pregnancies in the year 1995, today pregnancy rates are much higher. Steve indicates that the United States has the uppermost levels of sexually transmitted diseases across Europe and North America; additionally, it has the highest sexual activity levels particularly among teenagers in the same region (Doughty, 2009). Steve strengthens his point by featuring a shocking story of a young girl who claims she had four abortions before she attained 16 years of age. He continues to underscore the efforts that both the government and health authorities are making to ensure that young girls use contraceptives and are conscious of the possibility of an abortion. Prominent people in the lobby of sex education have also advocated for the decision of having more but safe abortions by insisting that teenagers would feel safe by knowing that would have the option of having a safe abortion. The second journal article, “Teenage pregnancy and abortion”, by Jan Norton explores the issue of providing teenagers with contraception services as a national strategy to prevent and lessen teenage pregnancy. The article highlights the importance of coming up with sexual health services and contraception methods, which are community-based for the benefit of the young people in a bid to counter the seemingly never-ending menace of teenage pregnancy. For example, the Welsh Assembly stipulates that by the year 2020, pregnanc