Professionals

"Teen pregnancy is less about young women and their sex lives than it is abut restricted horizons and the boundaries of hope. It is about race and class and how those realities limit opportunities for young people. Most centrally, however, it is typically about being young, female, poor and non-white and about how having a child seems to be one of the few avenues of satisfaction, fulfillment, and self-esteem."

Luker, K. From Dubious Conceptions: The Controversy over
Teen Pregnancy, American Prospects, (1991); 5: 75-83.