High Teenage Pregnancy Rates Reported In KwaZulu-Natal
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“according to the Quasar Natal Department of Health and more than 28,000 goals between the ages of 15 and 19 fell pregnant in the previous financial year 421 of those pregnancies.”
“19 fell pregnant in the previous financial year 421 of those pregnancies. the ages of 10 and 14. ... under South African law any pregnancy in a child under 12 is rape.”
“I'm joined now by counselling psychologist Tolin Glantla Dlamini Ngoia who is our guest on the story. Good morning to you and thank you for your time.”
“this young child that has anxiety, that is depressed, that is scared, that has the stigma around her being pregnant”
“there's a rate of pregnancy to be so high. So I feel like these kids are just in the dark. They are alone. They are scared.”
“The mothers were crying. They were teenage mothers themselves. Nobody to speak to them. These topics are frowned upon.”
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