Teenage Pregnancy

"We're Having A Baby"

Rob Harper | Posted 09.02.2008 | Home


Rob Harper

And baby makes six: five children and one grandchild that is to the Palin clan. Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin announced recently that her daughter, Bristol is with child.

Bristol Palin, Mary Cheney and the Limits of Family Privacy

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics


Rev. Debra Haffner

Palin's family is asking for privacy, yet the policies of Palin's party do not protect the rights of American women to making their own private decisions about unintended pregnancies.

What If Bristol Palin Were Black?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Do you think the Republicans would lay off of Obama if his 17 year-old daughter had gotten pregnant out of wedlock? You know the answer to that question. Everyone does.

My Daughter Is 16. The World Is Crazy. I'm Looking For Ideas.

Peggy Drexler | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living


Peggy Drexler

I have to ask myself a very difficult question. For all the hard-won independence and latitude that defines the lives of young women today, has there been a price to pay?

Teen Pregnancies On The Rise For First Time In 15 Years

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.05.2007 | Home


In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bi...