Teenage Pregnancy, Parenting, and Abortion: Legal Limits on Adolescents’ Reproductive Rights

Manian, Maya

doi:10.1108/s1059-433720170000072004

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“…Much of this work has emerged from research with elderly individuals and their experiences in losing agency as they enter late adulthood (e.g., loss of the right to drive; Calasanti & King, 2015;Pain & Hopkins, 2010). However, youth might also experience constrained agency as they have not aged into certain privileges (i.e., often due to legal age laws), such as the ability to drive or work (Manian, 2017). Although some of these restrictions might be developmentally appropriate (e.g., legal age for employment) and healthy for youth, some might be inflexible and restrictive for adolescents who do not follow traditional developmental pathways (e.g., living arrangements for teen coparents).…”

Section: Intersecting Identities and Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, adolescent parents residing in the U.S. are legal dependents of their parental figures and do not hold the same autonomy and privileges as adults regarding their parenting choices, sexual reproductive health, and personal rights (Manian, 2017). Therefore, adolescent parents are subject to additional constraints on their behavior.…”

Section: The Intersecting Experiences Of Adolescent Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, adolescent parents are subject to additional constraints on their behavior. Because of their underage status, most adolescents are required to live with their parent or legal guardian (Manian, 2017) and are required to attend some form of schooling (National Center for Education Statistics, 2007). For example, all U.S. states require students to attend school until age 16, and 21 states require students to remain in school until they graduate or until they reach age 18.…”

Section: The Intersecting Experiences Of Adolescent Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Focus group interviews were conducted with adolescent parents, grandparents, and school staff to gather multiple perspectives on adolescent parents' experiences. Further, informed by past research (Bermea et al, 2018;Calasanti & King, 2015;Gee & Rhodes, 2003;Manian, 2017), we hypothesized that age/stage of development would be a salient social identity that would inform the way social resources or demands were imposed upon adolescent parents.…”

Section: Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adolescent Parents’ Intersecting Identities and Experiences: A Qualitative Examination of Adolescents’, Grandparents’, and School Staff’s Perspectives

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This study aimed to identify the multiple and intersecting identities adolescent parents manage, and the social supports and constraints that inform their adjustment. Adolescents (n = 13; 70% cisgender women; 100% Latinx; Mage = 19.37, SD = 0.92) who became parents between the ages of 14–18, their parents (n = 17; 82% cisgender women; 94% Latinx), and school staff (n = 7; 100% cisgender women; 71% White) provided triangulating information on adolescent parents’ experiences. Using focus group methodology and Qual-to-Qual coding techniques, we found that adolescents inhabit intersecting social identities based on their parenting status, adolescence/youth, student role, child/family role, and gender. These intersecting social identities informed the social and developmental contexts that adolescents navigated, which were experienced as promotive or inhibiting environments. Adolescents described the demands to be engaged in multigenerational familial contexts (e.g., large coparenting teams, power differentials between adolescents and their parents), their exposure to stereotypes, assumptions, and discrimination based on their intersecting identities, and the high social demands/resources imposed on them by family and school supports. These experiences led to contextualized outcomes, such as an increase in growth and maturity. The participants often described their experiences as both stressors and sources of support; therefore, we discuss the duality of these experiences and the implications for future interventions.

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Section: Intersecting Identities and Agementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Intersecting Experiences Of Adolescent Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Intersecting Experiences Of Adolescent Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 99%