The pregnancy rate among U.S. teens ages 15 through 19 rose 3% from 2005 to 2006, marking the first increase since 1990, according to a new analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, the Washington Post reports (Stein, Washington Post, 1/26). The increase spanned racial demographics and coincided with an increase in teen birth rates and a 1% rise in abortion rates (Jayson, USA Today, 1/26)...
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