Teenage pregnancies expose gaps

Teenage pregnancies expose gaps

Eight girls under the age of 15 became mothers in the first six months of this year. Another 481 between the ages of 15 and 19 also gave birth in that period. These statistics, revealed recently by Assistant Minister for Health Penioni Ravunawa, highlights a troubling rise in child and teenage pregnancies and expose wider cracks in Fiji’s social and legal framework. Mr Ravunawa attributed the trend to influences such as social media, access to p…