With reports of a teen pregnancy pact in a Gloucester
high school dominating the news, you may be surprised to learn that the teen
pregnancy rate in the U.S.
is the lowest it’s been in 30 years. The number of pregnancies among women aged
15-19 dropped to 72 per 1,000 teens in 2004, down from a high of 117 per 1,000 teens in
1990. The abortion rate has also declined in the last three decades.
But this positive trend may be reversing.
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