Topic: Teen Pregnancy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American teenagers are using condoms more when they have sex but some may be losing their fear of pregnancy, according to a government survey released on Wednesday. The survey on teen sex found that 95 percent of 15- to ...
When Graziela Sarmento was 16, she got pregnant, dropped out of school, left her parents behind in the countryside and went to live with her aunt and uncle in Dili, East Timor's capital. Three years later her life revolves around Bruno, her ...
Former US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, who gave birth to a son when she was just 18, is urging teens to think twice before having sex. Bristol Palin, who once said it was unrealistic to ask young people ...
Bristol Palin speaks out about reality of being a teen momBristol Palin says that if girls knew how tough it was to be a mom, they'd think twice about having sex. The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she ...
Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is to star in US television show "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the network confirmed Tuesday. Palin, whose teenage pregnancy became a talking point during the 2008 White ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Births by teenage mothers have hit a record low in California, health officials said on Monday, crediting a "comprehensive" public education campaign that does not stress only abstinence. California's teenage birth rate for 2008, the most recent year ...
The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools. Three percent more girls between the ages of 15 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sons born to teenage fathers may end up following in their father's footsteps, according to a new study. Past research has shown that girls whose mothers gave birth as teens are more likely than their peers to ...
MTV's 'Teen Mom' documents lives interrupted for teens having babiesAmber Portwood's lunch with a friend keeps getting interrupted by a crying baby. The problem is, the baby is Amber's. She packs up and leaves the restaurant before she can finish eating. Quieting ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of U.S. teens having sex showed a "dramatic" drop between 1992 and 2002, while there was a similarly striking rise in the use of contraception by those who were sexually active, a new analysis of ...