Friday, July 23, 2010
UK Gov't Survey Shows High Pregnancy Rate Among Sexually Active Teens
Daily Mail (UK): One in five girls 'pregnant by the age of 18', by Laura Clark:
One in five sexually-active teenage girls has been pregnant by the age of 18, shocking figures have revealed.
The first survey of its kind found that 83 per cent of girls have lost their virginity by this age and 18 per cent of these youngsters have been pregnant at least once.
About half chose to keep their babies and more than a third had an abortion, according to the Government survey. . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2010/07/uk-govt-survey-shows-high-pregnancy-rate-among-sexually-active-teens.html