Teen Pregnancy

Philly Schools Install Free Condom Dispensers To Battle 'Epidemic' Of Teen STDs

Posted 12.26.2012 | Home

One-third of Philadelphia's high schools will be offering free condoms to students in a pilot effort to fight "an epidemic of sexually transmitted dis...

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Major Pediatric Group Throws Support Behind Emergency Contraception For Teens

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.26.2012 | Women

Emergency contraception is safe and effective for teenage girls, and pediatricians should push for increased access to this type of birth control, reg...

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Schools Failing To Support Pregnant Teens, Study Says

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 01.24.2013 | Home

MIAMI -- When 15-year-old Kali Gonzalez became pregnant, the honors student considered transferring to an alternative school. She worried teachers wou...

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Top Reasons American Students Drop Out Of High School

Posted 11.15.2012 | Home

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, General Education Requirements, High School, High School Graduation, High School Dropouts, High School Students, Dropping Out, Video, Home News

Absence of parental or educational support and becoming a parent are the two top reasons cited by respondents for dropping out of high school, accordi...

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Forward for Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 01.09.2013 | Home

To move forward, America's security and prosperity depend on our children's ability to drive the economy of the future. Leaders must craft budget solutions that will protect the already porous safety nets on which so many children and families rely.

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A School For Teen Moms AND Their Babies (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 11.02.2012 | Teen

At the Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit, 220 high school girls learn from their teachers, take notes, and bond with friends. At first glance, it'...

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Romney, the Single Mom and the AK-47

Rob Brooks | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics

Read More: Assault Rifle, Single Mom, Debate, Economics, Violence, Mitt Romney, Guns, Barack Obama, Homicide, Teen Pregnancy, Inequality, Single Parents, Politics News

Each candidate was asked what they would do to keep assault rifles off the streets. So profoundly does Romney believe in the changing of culture, that he pivoted directly to a beloved conservative talking point: single mothers.

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Teenagers Have Sex: Deal With It

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 12.12.2012 | New York

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Teenage Pregnancy, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Health, Sex, Adolescents, Adolescent Sex, Parenting, Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescent Pregnancy, Stds, Sex Ed, Teen Pregnancy, New York, New York State, New York News

High School students under the age of 19 account for approximately one-third of all newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in New York State. And not surprisingly, teen mothers are much less likely to graduate from high school than their peers who didn't give birth.

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Teens, Sex and Why Talking Matters

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.11.2012 | Parents

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, Planned Parenthood, The Sex Talk, Parenting Advice, Teenagers, Teens, Let's Talk Month, Parents News

If we want to help our kids to make healthy decisions, we have to be clear about our values and about the information we give them on how to stay safe. Nowhere is this truer than those seemingly awkward conversations with teens about sex.

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PHOTO: There's Something Wrong With This Doll

Posted 10.10.2012 | Comedy

Read More: 16 and Pregnant, Baby's First Baby, Teen Pregnancy, Video, Creepy Dolls, Baby's First Baby Darren Cullen, Funny Pictures, Darren Cullen, Comedy News

The folks over at Dangerous Minds said it best: Baby’s First Baby toy doll by artist Darren Cullen is—I’m assuming here—some kind of statem...

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'The New Normal': Nana Takes 8-Year Old Kids To Planned Parenthood

Posted 09.19.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Video, The New Normal, Teen Pregnancy, Tv Replay, Planned Parenthood, Reality-Free, Ellen Barkin, TV News

On this week's episode of "The New Normal," Ellen Barkin's character Jane continued to be outrageously politically incorrect, but at least she was com...

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Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Dominates In State With Highest Teen Pregnancy

Reuters | Posted 10.27.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Sex Ed, Mississippi Schools, Reuters, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence-Only, Mississippi Sex Education, Abstinence-Only Sex Ed, Sex Education, Teen Moms, Home News

* State has nation's highest teen birth rate * New law allows abstinence plus sex-ed teaching * Studies show sex-ed work...

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CA To Fund Pregnant Teens

Robin Wilkey | Posted 08.24.2012 | San Francisco

The California state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would extend access to financial support for pregnant teens in need. According to the ...

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Florence Crittenton High School Enrolls Only Pregnant Girls, Teen Moms

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.17.2012 | Home

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, High School Pregnancy, High School Moms Show, Tlc, High School Moms, Tlc Tv, TLC High School Moms, Home News

Denver's Florence Crittenton High School, which enrolls pregnant teens and teen moms, has opened its doors to the cameras of TLC, the Denver Post repo...

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Do Schools Have A Responsibility To Support Teen Moms? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hannah Orenstein | Posted 08.09.2012 | Teen

Read More: Teen Parents, Aclu, 16 and Pregnant, Pregnant Teens, Video, Teen Dads, Louisiana, Teen Mom, Drop-Out Rates, Teen Pregnancy, Delhi Charter School, Teen Pregnancy Rates, Liz Perle, Teen News

Delhi Charter School in rural northeast Louisiana had a controversial policy in place from 2006 to 2012 that required students who were suspected of b...

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Louisiana School Changing Mandatory Pregnancy Test Policy

AP | JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 08.08.2012 | Home

NEW ORLEANS -- A Louisiana charter school is changing a policy that kicked pregnant students out of class and required them to be home-schooled, the s...

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Teen Moms Need Dignity

Catalina Escobar Restrepo | Posted 10.08.2012 | Impact

I work in Cartagena, one of the poorest cities in Colombia, where 29% of pregnancies are in adolescent girls. Once pregnant, these girls face numerous economic and social challenges. Most girls immediately drop out of school, ensuring a life of poverty in which they cannot contribute to the country's development.

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Louisiana School Kicks Girls Out Who Test Positive On Mandatory Pregnancy Test

Posted 08.09.2012 | Home

One Louisiana public school's no-nonsense approach to preventing teen pregnancy is "in blatant violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution," th...

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Mom Happy Her Teen Daughter Is Pregnant

Posted 08.02.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Teen Pregnancy, My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I, Documentary, Video, Reality TV, Tv Replay, Tlc, TV News

Perhaps it was because she was a teen mom herself, but most viewers were probably surprised to hear 37-year old Ann say that she was happy her 17-year...

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An Ounce of Prevention for Teen Pregnancy

Judith Sandalow | Posted 09.11.2012 | DC

Read More: Teen Mom, Teen Pregnancy, Raising Children, Legal Aid, Foster Care, Children's Health, Teenagers, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, DC News

All parents -- even teen parents -- want to give their children a better life with more opportunity than they had. As a community we should want this for our children as well.

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The U.S. Global Health Initiative and Diplomacy

Serra Sippel | Posted 09.05.2012 | Impact

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Rights, Ethiopia, Pepfar, Women's Health, Teen Pregnancy, Guatemala, US Foreign Policy, Global Health, Global Health Initiative, Foreign Policy, Maternal Mortality, Global Motherhood, Impact News

Full and sustained implementation of GHI's principles is the best way to ensure that U.S. global health programs make a real, measurable difference in the lives of those served by U.S. foreign assistance, and that U.S. dollars are spent effectively.

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Making Motherhood a Choice, Not a Destination

Vera Cordeiro | Posted 09.04.2012 | Impact

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Global Motherhood, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Teen Pregnancy, Maternal Health, Impact News

In developed countries motherhood is more commonly experienced as a choice, but in the favelas of Brazil the identity of motherhood is status--a "destination" sought by teen age girls who view the opportunity to have a baby as a validation of their esteem even though they are unprepared to raise a child.

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Study: Latina Teen Pregnancy Hits Record Low

Posted 06.30.2012 | Latino Voices

A new study indicates that teen pregnancy has dropped significantly for Latinas living in the U.S., a group of young women who have had the highest ra...

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Sex Ed Law Under Scrutiny

AP | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 06.24.2012 | Politics

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is am...

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