I'm going to try and write this without once referring to the movie Juno.
(Crap, does that count?) Remember back in the day, when you could
easily wax hysterical over the issue of teen pregnancy? When we were
freaked about babies having babies? Well, in the U.S. teen pregnancy rates are falling,
so it's going to be that much harder to whip ourselves into a lather,
and that is good. In 2004, only 12 percent of pregnancies were to teen
moms, compared to 15 percent in 1990. Oh, and one likely factor in the
drop is the more frequent use of birth control methods. Imagine that.
However, there is another group who are having babies outside of marriage...
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