Centacare have community buildings in every state and most cities around Australia, providing many services to individuals, one of these is providing excellent ongoing pregnancy support for teenagers and mothers since its inception 30-50 years ago.

Key in 'Centacare' and one will discover how many support services are run in each city and town across our Nation.

Staff in each city and town have counselled thousands upon thousands of teenagers from all walks of life urgently seeking assistance and saved thousands of lives; both mother and child.

A highly professional organisation with highly professional staff in two states I have interacted with on a couple of occasions regarding teenage girls.

The other side of the coin people.

There are positives and negatives with every organisation.

Anglicare has also provided fantastic support services to individuals families and young people over many years assisting and saving lives.

Methodist, Orthodox and other Church groups ditto.

The facts are that many teenagers faced with pregnancies prefer quietly seeking support from private organisations as opposed to many Clinics and government organisations in which many staff have been found to be cold, uncaring and non-supportive.

These comments from many teenagers I have worked with and come across personally over the past 7 years; many educated equally in both the public system and private systems.

We are unique you then would also know some mums are 13 and 14.
And Lexi while I support your view some mums have children,unwanted in fact, for the plasma TV.
Some have them for love but find it too hard.
Some wed early and have much loved kids and do it well.
We have many sides to this subject, making it a good one.
But I understand the post about tax and costs, but also understand once the child is born we have no other way.
Mothers and children are not left to die in this country.
The missing person in that post was the father.
I am aware my view is not shared by all, not concerned about that, but this problem is one we must find answers for.

thankyou all for your views they are very very helpful.
i believe society is more accepting and i think it is great we are all willing to help but i feel things can be done to futher prevent this from happening.

Sex education was not about in my school days.
I know it is now but how much is told to both sex's about the impacts of child birth.
We need to take to approach that mums and dads do not want kids on the pill, maybe at puberty the pill is given with out problems.
We are better but can do even more.
Avoidance may be best out come.

The way I saw told......all females that didn't have a brain, had to become breeders............I've got a better sentence...... If you have no sence......just don't think:)

You know! the world is full of people, and we still have leggers:)

Since the beginning of this year...........The amount of pro's that think their doing well...:) Just AGW.....USA.....and dolly-wood...well....and I wonder whats all this mean?......I know:)

10 billion people:)

I just cant wait:)

Tell you what.....from now.....lets count all the completely dumb females, that like to be dragged around like a cave-woman:)

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