Premarital pregnancy and abortion among adolescent

Sexual relationship before marriage is one of adolescent social problems and becoming an epidemic in Malaysia.Consequently many female adolescent becoming pregnant out of marriage and involve in illegal abortion.This study explores the issue of premarital pregnancy among adolescent.Six female adolescent have been interviewed and were selected based on the purposive and snowball technique.Among the reasons of these premarital pregnancies were family problems, sexual relationship with peers and boyfriend, drug abuse and victims of rape cases. Meanwhile the reasons why some of them having abortion were due to their anxieties of being discovered by their parents, feeling embarrassed and their boyfriend’s unwillingness to be responsible