A complex web of factors is causing the increase in incidences of teenage pregnancy around the country, and thus cannot be attributed to a single factor alone.

The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) recently reinforced this fact in the light of recent news articles that point to moral decadence as the reason for the rise in the numbers of girls who have begun to give birth, particularly those as young as 10 years old.

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