ADOLESCENT mothers should be relics of the past when early childbearing was the norm. But child mothers are still ubiquitous in the modern setting, not only in underdeveloped and developing countries but also in developed nations.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2020 reported that the “Philippines has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates among the Asean member-states.” It documented that “more than 500 Filipino adolescent girls are getting pregnant and giving birth everyday,” or in excess of 182,500 births annually.

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