Teenage pregnancies are one of the major problems in the UK. It needs to be dealt with a lot of care and understanding. It is notable that teenagers often indulge in casual sex before knowing its repercussions.

Cambridgeshire County Council's Statistics reveal that there has been an average of 24.9 pregnancies per 1,000 girls.

Sometimes it gets so late that there's no room left for even an abortion. So the innocent teen grows into a woman within a span of few moments. And she has to carry the burden of an unwanted child throughout her life, and most of all, bear the malevolence of the whole society for bringing up an illegitimate child.

The good news is that in Cambridgeshire, the number of girls aged 15 to 17 becoming pregnant has fallen down for the first time in ten years. There has been a 20.7% decline since 1998.

A new teen pregnancy strategy aims to provide individual contraception consultations to 16-year-olds.

This is surely a good way to create awareness among youngsters who start falling prey to sexual fantasies even before they reach the stage of understanding these things.

Deputy Head of Policy at Terrence Higgins Trust, Victoria Sheard, said, "So long as the number of teenage pregnancies remains high, there is a need for young people to be given more information to protect themselves. But information alone is not enough. There's a range of contraception out there now, so it's essential that young people are easily able to access contraceptive services and choose the method that works best for them".

Getting intimate with someone is a person's choice and if done carefully while taking precautions, it will do no harm to anybody and prevent complications.

According to news in the United Kingdom, parents are upset over a Government experiment to give birth control to teenagers.

I do not feel this is anything to get annoyed about. The Government is helping to prevent unwanted teenage pregnancies, which can lead to serious consequences later. Isn't it easy to take a pill rather than taking the hard way and getting an abortion done?

It is applauding on the part of the UK Government to come out with such a move. If this catches everybody's attention, teen pregnancy rates are likely to come down.

The Government is on the road to progress to achieve its target but now it's the parents who should gird up there.

People aged 16 to 24 should be prompted to talk freely about sex with partners, friends, parents and health professionals. It is nothing to get embarrassed about. Awareness will not only prevent teen pregnancies but also avoid the spread of sexually transmitted infections.