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Adolescent Pregnancy. Adolescent girls who give birth each year have a much higher risk of. dying from maternal causes compared to women in their 20s and 30s. These risks increase greatly as maternal age decreases, with adolescents. under 16 facing four times the risk of maternal death as women over 20.
Some research has shown that expectant moms who have as little as one drink a week are more likely than nondrinkers to have children who later exhibit aggressive and delinquent behavior. One study found that girls whose mothers drank during pregnancy are more likely to have mental health problems. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is the term experts use to describe the range of problems related to alcohol exposure before birth.