Report: U.S. teen births rise [View All]

[ladywnch]

Source: AP

ATLANTA - The nation's teen birth rate has risen for the first time in 14 years, according to a new government report.

"It took us by surprise," said Stephanie Ventura of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a co-author of the report.

The birth data for 2006 also showed births to unmarried mothers hit a new record high, and the overall birth rate has climbed to its highest level since 1971.


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good to see all those abstinence and purtiy pledges are working so well. All those evangelicals/fundies running rampant in politics should be spending more time looking to their family values! Although, I guess their out creating families to share their values......whatever they are.