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Surprising new research shows that babies don’t make teen moms poor. Being poor causes them to have babies. iStockphoto. Delivering the commencement address last weekend at the evangelical Liberty University, Mitt Romney naturally stuck primarily to “family values” and religious themes. He did

March/April 2012 Issue. Keeping Teen Moms in college — A college Social Work Challenge By Jennifer Van Pelt, MA Social Work Today Vol. 12 No. 2 P. 24

Teen birth rates in the U.S. are at an all-time low and continue to decline — with a significant drop of about two-thirds over eight years — but the comparatively large number of teens having babies remains a concern. The number of new mothers aged 10 to 14 years in the U.S. hit a low, according

Dec 20, 2010 · Bonnie Rochman writes about pregnancy, fertility, parenting — the ups and downs of being a and having one — for TIME.

Teenage pregnancy; A US government poster on teen pregnancy. Over 1100 teenagers, mostly aged 18 or 19, give birth every day in the United States. Classification and external resources

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Teen pregnancy is strongly linked to poverty, with low income level associated with higher teen birth rates. In addition, 63 percent of teen mothers receive public assistance within the first year of a ’s birth.

Oct 30, 2013 · (CNN)– A 16-year-old teen pleads with her parents not to barter her into a marriage. Komol, from India, dreamed of continuing her education, going to college and providing a better life for her parents. But what she wanted counted little. She became pregnant with her first at age 16, in a

Average age of first-time moms is at an all-time high

There were nearly 250,000 babies born in 2014 to teen moms, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. About 77 percent of these pregnancies were unplanned. A teenage pregnancy can change the course of a mom’s life. It puts her in a place where she’s responsible not only