Teen pregnancy is a solvable problem that plagues our generation. This topic seems to have grown since the dawn of the reality shows “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom.” They send a false notion to ...
A new iSharing study reveals the most dangerous states for raising a teenager, ranking New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana at ...
When it comes to teen pregnancy, Texas is a big state with big problems. Our state regularly falls in the top five for the rate at which teen girls become pregnant and currently takes top honors for ...
(The Root) — There’s a scene in the wildly popular TV show Downton Abbey in which a single mother working as a prostitute to support her son is torn between giving him up for adoption by his wealthy ...
CORRECTION The birthrate in Pittsfield for girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in 2005 was 52.7 per 1,000. The editorial of Jan. 30 inadvertently used the numbers from 2004. While the rest of the ...
IN this space, we have often emphasized a simple but powerful truth: Good laws mean nothing if they are not enforced, and ...
The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western world (Holcombe, Peterson & Manlove, 2009), and most of these pregnancies are unintentional (Thomas, 2012). Teen mothers are less ...
. She is the mother of a 1-year-old and raising her boyfriend's two young children, too. "It's not the life I pictured, but I don't regret anything," she said. , county health officials and others in ...
BATAVIA — Maryann Cogdill has seen it time and time again. Pregnant teenagers come into United Memorial Medical Center and are excited to have their baby. But this moment isn't just a happy and ...