New Child Trends report: 1 in 6 Teen Girls Projected to Become Mothers

And estimates are as high as 1 in 4 in nine states!

"An estimated 18% of females nationwide will become teen mothers, according to a new Child Trends research brief. The brief also finds that states vary widely in the estimated percentage of females who will have a baby before the age of 20, ranging from 8% in New Hampshire to 30% in Mississippi."
posted by Marquardt at 7:56 PM VOTE

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