According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though the pregnancy rate for teens between 15 and 17 seems to be declining,…

Lifestyle

Pregnancy rates among Black teenagers is on a steady decline, according to a recent study by the National Center For Health Statistics, which is a…

African-American teenagers have four times the number of abortions compared to Hispanic and White teens, according to the results of a new study. The Guttmacher Institute revealed that 41 per 1000 Black teens between the ages of 15-19 have undergone an abortion procedure, while the Hispanic rate is 20 per 1,000 and the White rate is 10 per […]

Philadelphia schools have taken what some might call a drastic measure to try to curb teen pregnancy and the spread of STD’s in young ones.  The school district has decided to install free condom dispensers in 22 of the 51 Philadelphia high schools.  School district spokesman Fernando Gallard said on Thursday: “It’s a self-service set-up […]

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In a Louisiana public school, female students who are suspected of being pregnant are told that they must take a pregnancy test. Under school policy, those who are pregnant or refuse to take the test are kicked out and forced to undergo home schooling.

http://www.blackamericaweb.com Teen pregnancy isn’t just a black issue. Despite declines over the past decade, a 2000 National Campaign study shows that the U.S. still has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the industrialized world, with one in 10 children being born to a teenaged girl. But the fact of the matter is […]

A new study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics reports that the sex rate for young people is dropping. The research indicates that 27% of males and 29% of females aged between 15 and 24 have never had any kind of sexual experience. Predictably, the results show the highest statistics for abstaining are […]