Abstract

This discussion piece arose from a conversation between the two authors, Sarah, a nurse researcher exploring teenage women’s pregnancy decisions and Joelle, researcher, ‘young mother’, activist and founder of @prymface a twitter feed that advocates for young mothers and anyone who was ever a young mother. We explore the concepts of teenage pregnancy within policy and popular discourse, and consider the extent to which this now applies to young mothers in their twenties.

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  • Peer Review: This article has been peer reviewed through the double-blind process of S­ tudies in the Maternal, which is a journal published by the Open Library of Humanities

  • We explore the concepts of teenage pregnancy within policy and popular discourse, and consider the extent to which this applies to young mothers in their twenties

  • In this paper, drawing on our experience, we explore the idea of ‘teenage pregnancy’ within policy and popular discourse, and consider the extent to which ‘teenage pregnancy’ as a stigmatised condition is applied beyond the teen years and to young ­mothers in their twenties

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Peer Review: This article has been peer reviewed through the double-blind process of S­ tudies in the Maternal, which is a journal published by the Open Library of Humanities. This discussion piece arose from a conversation between the two authors, Sarah, a nurse researcher exploring teenage women’s pregnancy decisions and Joelle, researcher, ‘young mother’, activist and founder of @prymface a twitter feed that advocates for young mothers and anyone who was ever a young mother.

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