Teenage pregnancies

It was recently reported that Malta's teenage mothers increased dramatically in 2005, as births by 16-year-olds who became mothers increased by 55 per cent over the average in the past five years.

In my opinion the number of births to teenage mothers is not the problem - it's that they have sex outside marriage. There have always been births to teenage mothers, probably more so in the past. The difference is that in the past they were generally born into homes with two parents married to each other.

I feel it's about time an extra effort is made by the government and the Church to promote chastity as the lifestyle for today's teenagers.