Teen pregnancy can carry long-term health, economic, and social costs for mothers and their children. The good news: Teen births in the U.S. have declined, but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention[...]
Teen pregnancy is on the decline in our nation, but there’s still plenty of girls having babies in our community. In fact, the United States continues to have one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the developed world. BRIDGES is focusing on the issue of teen pregnancy during[...]
In our nation, teenage moms are becoming increasingly rare. Thank goodness! In 2016, the teen birth rate dropped 9% compared to the previous year. In fact, it’s down 67% since 1991, as part of a long-term trend of teens having fewer and fewer babies. Research suggests these reductions are due[...]
