Based on the media coverage of this study, one would think that there was a teen-pregnancy epidemic in Texas. But the legislature cut funding to the Texas Family Planning program in 2011 ...
While the latest version of Congress' massive funding bill saves some of the funding the Trump administration planned to cut June 30, for now, it also puts millions more toward abstinence ...
Reasons for the decline in teen pregnancy are not clear but the CDC says evidence suggests it's due to a mix of more teens abstaining from sexual activity, and more sexually active teens using ...
While teen pregnancy in Connecticut is among the lowest in the country, it remains high in some communities. And for every teen mother, the impacts are both immediate and long lasting, often ...
It's not uncommon for a teen mom to have more than one child. Source: Health Research Funding, 22 Important Unplanned Teenage Pregnancy Statistics 5. In 2017, a total of 194,377 babies were born ...
An Australian mother-to-be has claimed having a baby in your twenties is the new teen pregnancy – and experts agree. Emily Tollenaar, 25, is currently expecting her first child with her fiance ...
Wide regional variations mean that some areas have five times the teenage pregnancy rate of others. Previous studies have revealed that teen mums opt to keep their babies for reasons of social ...
Students at the Santo Domingo Savio school in Acacías, Colombia, participate in a weeklong sex education and teen pregnancy prevention program called ¿Bebé? ¡Piénsalo Bien!—or Baby?
Girls who have a teen pregnancy are more at risk of an early grave, new research has revealed. Those who fell pregnant twice ...
Teen HYPE is a ... of $68.5 million in funding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allocated to 53 organizations as a part of its Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program.
Joudane is encouraged by the efforts to tackle teen pregnancy but says the focus needs to be maintained. “The issue still needs to be a priority for all of us. It will continue to affect the ...
The Washington Post reports this morning that a study has found a correlation between viewing steamy TV shows and teen pregnancy:The study, which tracked more than 700 12-to-17-year-olds for three ...