Tags
teen pregnancy
Latest Tag News
-
Teens Are Getting the Message About Safe Sex
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 26, 2017 08:58 AM EDTTeen pregnancies are down dramatically since 1988. A new study shows that today's teens are more responsible about sex than decades past.
-
Abortion Rates Fall But Only In Developed Countries
By Brian McNeill | May 13, 2016 06:00 AM EDTAbortion is a recourse done by women for varied reasons and may largely depend on the type of world they reside in. A paper that was published recently shows a remarkable drop on women who resorted to abortion for the period 2010 to 2014 but even that is up for debate.
-
Sex Talks With Mom Can Promtoe Safe Sex: Study
By Peter R | Nov 04, 2015 02:12 PM ESTA review of past studies found an association between safer sex and mother-teens sex communcation.
-
Why Children of Teen Moms Suffer Developmental Delays
By Christine Hsu | Oct 17, 2013 12:12 PM EDTChildren born to teen mothers have poorer speaking skills at the age of five than those with older mothers, according to a new study.
-
CDC: Teen Birth Rate Has Dropped by 30 Percent
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 12:35 PM EDTThough the teen birth rate in the United States is still by far the highest in the industrialized world, health officials are applauding a significant decline in teen births over the past five years.
-
In California, Free Condoms for Kids As Young as 12
By Makini Brice | May 02, 2013 01:23 PM EDTOperating with a lean budget of $5,000 from the federal government, the program aims to serve counties in the state that are in the midst of a sexually transmitted infection epidemic among teens.
-
Morning-After Pill to be Sold Over the Counter, Anyone Over 15 Can Buy it
By Jennifer Broderick | Apr 30, 2013 08:18 PM EDTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved a proposal to make the morning-after pill available over the counter for women 15 years and older.
-
Mother Forced Teen Daughter to Become Pregnant to Fulfill Dream of Having Fourth Child
By Makini Brice | Apr 29, 2013 02:14 PM EDTA woman in the United Kingdom has been imprisoned for five years after being found guilty of child cruelty.
-
Teens Today Wait Longer to Have Sex, More Likely to Use Contraceptives When They Do
By Makini Brice | Apr 01, 2013 12:49 PM EDTAmong very young adolescents, very few have had sex, which was defined as vaginal intercourse.
