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Teen pregnancy rates in US drop to 40-year low, study shows

Teen pregnancy rates in the US have hit a 40-year low, according to a new study. However, black and Hispanic teens experiencing pregnancy and abortion rates two to four times higher than their white peers, according to the study by the Gu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Toppenish teen's book shares her story of fake pregnancy

Nine months after revealing to classmates that she had faked her pregnancy for a senior-class project, a Washington state teenager is promoting a new book that details the experience and explores her reasons for taking on the project. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Discouraging teenage girls from becoming pregnant

Last week’s NHS figures showing that one in four young women lost their virginity when they were below the legal age of consent, coupled with the recent Daily Telegraph revelation that the morning-after pill will soon be just a phon [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen pregnancy low in ‘sleepover’ country of the Netherlands

America’s battle over sex education could be boiled down to one question: Would you let your teenager spend the night with his or her sweetheart in your home? When 32 American parents were asked this question, 29 said no, includi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen Pregnancy: The loss of innocence

She was bedridden, depressed and bad tempered. I couldn't feel a temperature or see any other symptoms, but she was adamant that it was flu and she just didn't feel well. Her blinds were permanently drawn and the only time s [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy rates climb for Montgomery's Hispanic teens

Teen pregnancy among Hispanics is rising in Montgomery County, bucking a countywide trend of falling birth rates. The birth rate for Hispanic 15- to 17-year-olds was 39.7 births per 1,000 females in the period from 2007 to 2009 -- the mos [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Teenage pregnancies rising

N this week's Border Mail we investigate the rapid rise in teenage pregnancies on the Border. You can read about the alarming statistics in today's Border Mail. ALISON Greenfield, 46, always kept a close eye on her 16-year-old dau [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen pregnancy drama proves tough but compelling

It doesn’t get much tougher than being 19, pregnant and doomed to collecting welfare and living in a “shitty” place. When the father of the baby is a “diseased, brain-damaged sewer rat” (what Tina calls Bobby [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Teenage Pregnancy in Jomoro District is alarming – Health Di...

Madam Shallotte Danquah, Jomoro District Director of Health Services, has expressed indignation at the growing incidence of teenage pregnancy in the District. She said out of 2,563 pregnant women recorded at antenatal clinics in the Distr [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Problems Associated With Teen Pregnancy

According to studies, teenage pregnancies in the United States have decreased steadily over the years. In 1991, there were 60 out of 1000 young women who gave birth and in 1998, 51 out of 1000 gave birth. This decrease may be due [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Dundee again named as teenage pregnancy capital of Scotland

According to new statistics the city has recorded the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in Scotland. The city, which is part of the NHS Tayside area, had the worst teenage pregnancy rate in Scotland with 18.5 per 1000 13 to 15-year-old [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Bristol capitalizing on teen pregnancy

To the editor: Were any of you as appalled as I was to read the article about Bristol Palin receiving $262,000 for her work advocating against teen pregnancy? What organization would pay this enormous sum to a 19-year-old who had gotten [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Shedding Light On The Trouble With Teen Pregnancy

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 13-year-old was the youngest person in Brunei Darussalam who got pregnant, according to records compiled between 2000 and 2006. Records also indicated that 2,176 teenagers, including those who are married, have gi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy rates in teens drop but soar dramatically for olde...

Pregnancy rates among teenagers are at their lowest level for almost 30 years but have risen dramatically among women in their 30s and 40s. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals a 5.9 per cent decline in rates among [...]