African-American Teen Birth Rate Drops by 60 Percent

African-American Teen Birth Rate Drops by 60 Percent:

In 2011, more than 300,000 babies were born to teen mothers, a record low for U.S. teens ages 15-19. In 2009, 15-to 19-year-olds accounted for 15.5 percent of all abortions, at a rate of about 13 abortions per 1,000 teens. Ten years earlier there were ...

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