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Teenage Pregnancy and Abortion |
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- 27% of teen pregnancies (15-19) end in induced abortion, compared with 21% among all women.7
- Teenagers represent 17% of the women who have abortions.10
- The most frequent reasons teens who have an abortion give are: concern about how having a baby would change their lives, inability to afford a baby, and not feeling mature enough to raise a child.7
- In 2006, the teenage abortion rate rose by 1%, the first increase in many years. Between its peak in 1988 and 2005, the teen abortion rate decreased 56%.22
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The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy
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