Teen Birth Rate

The National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

It's estimated that three in ten girls in the United States still get pregnant by age 20. 51 percent of Black and 53 percent of Latino teenage girls become pregnant at least once before age 20.

Mississippi Has Highest Teen Birth Rate, CDC Says

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living


ATLANTA — Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal rep...