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Teen pregnancy | Abstinence education not an option
Teen pregnancy is becoming a huge issue as birth rates once again rise and as the percentages of first births to unmarried mothers increases after a hiatus between 1991 and 2006. An op-ed piece by June Carbone of University of Missouri-Kansas City and Naomi Cahn of George Washington University, both family law professors, was published in STLtoday...

Report: KC is 7th deadliest city for teen drivers
From Mike Rice: The Kansas City area has the country?s seventh highest fatal teen driving crash rate, according to a study recently released by Allstate Insurance Co. The study, which kicks off the insurance company?s ?Action Against Distraction? safe teen...

The Real Story Behind the Massachusetts Pregnancy Pact
As most people should know by now (and should have suspected originally), the story of the Massachusetts teen pregnancy “pact” was wrong. And, a follow-up story on Women’s eNews today has this paragraph, which really should be getting all the attention now: What started as the national media’s breathless reporting about a teen pregnancy clique [...

MA: Two articles on teen birth rates. Springfield and Holyoke hightest in state.
Report outlines teen birth rates Thursday, February 14, 2008, Springfield Republican By STEPHANIE BARRY sbarry@repub.com New statewide birth statistics brought an unwelcome refrain for two Western Massachusetts cities, and revealed an all-time high in Caesarean sections...

Shock Video: Kalamazoo Public Affairs Officer Slams Teen Head First Into Wall
Police have to deal with unruly teens all the time, but in the case of Officer Derek Nugent anger overcame training. The teen is clearly yelling at the officers and being uncooperative, but Nugent is shown slamming the teen face first into a wall — the teen lost three teeth and the officer has lost [...

Connecticut Proposing Tougher Laws On Teen Drivers
The Connecticut legislature is considering tougher penalties on teen drivers that violate the law. The proposed bill aims to place tougher penalties on teen drivers who break the law...

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