Effects of unwanted pregnancy among university students

Today, many young ladies in the universities get pregnant without planning or preparing for it and term such pregnancies “unwanted”. They engage in pre-marital sex and consequently end up with pregnancy while still studying.An unwanted pregnancy can cause many serious problems for the body, mind, and the social status of female university students who are […]

Today, many young ladies in the universities get pregnant without planning or preparing for it and term such pregnancies “unwanted”. They engage in pre-marital sex and consequently end up with pregnancy while still studying.
An unwanted pregnancy can cause many serious problems for the body, mind, and the social status of female university students who are not yet ready to be mothers.
They are often nervous as they can’t solve the problem and their parents may not accept them and the pregnancy.
Some may finally seek illegal abortion which can cause them their lives. Even when they do not terminate the pregnancy,some of them maybe too young to give birth and have health complications.
Pregnant university students in some ways too are directly or indirectly forced to quit their studies to stay at home until they give birth. These unprepared young mothers often inevitably encounter financial problems. Stress and worries can harm their mentality. Many of them lack knowledge to deal with the problem and don’t know how to take care of their children.
Both financial stability and emotional maturity become problems for parenting or caring responsibilities. Getting back into the education system often very difficult. University female students have to worry about losing the educational opportunities. They have to quit university to escape the pressures of society while university male students can still go to university regularly.
It is therefore important for female university students to stay away from sexual relationships until they are ready to get married or able to care for themselves and  the children when born.
Tagwi,  wrote from the Department of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri.