TEEN BIRTH AND ABORTION RATES DOWN, STATES REPORT.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: June 26, 1998 | Copyright information

Fewer teen-agers are having abortions, with rates dropping even faster than falling teen birth rates in nearly every state.

The combination pushed the teen pregnancy rate down coast to coast, the government said yesterday.

The report makes it clear that falling teen birth rates cannot be attributed to an increase in abortions. In fact, in every state that reports data, fewer teens are getting pregnant in the first place, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday.

The major reasons: Less sex and greater use of birth control, officials said. Others ...

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