These statistics on teenage pregnancy were found on this site. I cannot find the actually sources for these statistics so I cannot be sure that they are accurate. However, if they are, they are quite shocking results to say the least.
Nearly 4 out of 10 women get pregnant before turning 20.
Every year, the US gov. spends $40 million on families that began with teen births
the U.S. has the highest rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion in the industrialized world.
sexual activities among girls younger than 15 has increased
in 1995, 19% of girls reported having had sex for the first time before age 15
In one study of unplanned pregnancies in 14-21 year olds, 1/3 of the girls who had gotten pregnant had been drinking when they had sex
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