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Another government crackdown on women of color.

It’s a sad but all-too common story – a promising teenager’s life is derailed by a teen pregnancy. With the grim statistics on teen single mothers and how many of them are mired in poverty, it might be hard to see anything positive in the situation. But Chicago teenager Trameka Pope decided she was not […]

Teenage pregnancy rates in the United States have reached a historic low. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, pregnancy has…

Instead of taking a page from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and slut-shaming teen girls into abstinence, the Chicago Department of Public Health has reframed…

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NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, […]

Health & Wellness

CHICAGO (AP) — Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants — long-lasting and more effective birth control that you don't have to remember to use every time, the nation's leading gynecologists group said Thursday. The IUD and implants are safe […]

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New reports found that after 30 years the number of unplanned births in the United States has remained at 40 percent. Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics discovered that the unintended birth rate has remained steady since 1982.    Many doctors are not surprised at the findings but do feel a bit discouraged […]

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MARKS, Miss. (AP) — With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant daughter. Her situation isn't unusual in the small Delta town of Marks, home to […]