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Birth Rate Up for all Teens in 2007
December 8, 2007 by ra, 1 year 50 weeks ago
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It was recently reported that the teen birth rate is up for the 1st time in 14 years in the US and that is across all teen groups.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_58503.html
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2007/r071205.htm
Rather than resorting to petty discussions about whose boyfriend is responsible for it we should all focus on what it is we are doing or not doing to our daughters that they have nothing better to do with their young lives than have babies that they are not for the most part ready to support emotionally, financially or socially.