# Sex and the Recession **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-recession/466968 "2008-10-08T09:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-recession/466968/21 "2010-09-01T21:46:54Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > > Teenage pregnancy was at its height back in the 50s, when there was plenty of stigma. > > The teen pregnancy in the 50s was largely that of 18 and 19 year old girls who got married 15 minutes after high school graduation and pregnant 4 weeks on either side of that. There was not, as far as I know, any particular stigma against that. > > We tend to use “teen pregnancy” and “unwed pregnancy” as synonyms, but they aren’t. The last 60 years have seen a steady fall in teen pregnancy and a steady rise in unwed pregnancy. There was a huge number of out-of-wedlock teen pregnancies from the 1950s until _Roe_. For the most part, the mothers were forced to give up their babies for adoption. It’s called the “Baby Scoop.” [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_scoop_era) estimates 4 million such forced adoptions. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-recession/466968/22 "2010-09-02T00:46:30Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > There was a huge number of out-of-wedlock teen pregnancies from the 1950s until _Roe_. For the most part, the mothers were forced to give up their babies for adoption. It’s called the “Baby Scoop.” [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_scoop_era) estimates 4 million such forced adoptions. [The Girls That Went Away](http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Who-Went-Away-Surrendered/dp/1594200947). Harrowing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-recession/466968.md?page=1)