espanolEl tema de los embarazos adolescentes se ha convertido en un problema de salud publica y esta a la orden del dia en la politica nacional e internacional. Teniendo de trasfondo teorico dos imagenes diferentes del embarazo adolescente, y los conceptos de autonomia y responsabilidad. Se indago acerca de la atribucion a la responsabilidad sobre los embarazos adolescentes, en una poblacion de 22 alumnos de un colegio de Barranquilla, Colombia. Las entrevistas permitieron inferir que la mayoria de los jovenes transfieren la responsabilidad a los padres y maestros, cuestion que pone en entredicho el tipo de educacion que se recibe. EnglishThe issue of teenage pregnancies has become a public health problem and is the order of the day in national and international politics. With a theoretical background of two different images of the adolescent pregnancy, and the concepts of autonomy and responsibility, a research was done about the attribution of responsibility for teenage pregnancies in a population of 22 students from a school in Barranquilla, Colombia. The interviews allowed inferring that the majority of young people transfer responsibility to parents and teachers, an issue that calls into question the type of education received by those youngsters.