Teenage Pregnancy

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Oct
2009

Project Cuddle Saves Babies From Being Abandoned

Project Cuddle® is an important organization dedicated to saving babies across the country from the fate of being abandoned.
It was founded 13 years ago from the living room of Debbe Magnusen with the hopes of saving the lives of babies that would otherwise be lost.

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24
Jun
2009

North Carolina Program Pays Girls Not To Get Pregnant

A Greensboro, N.C., organization has an interesting way of keep teens in their community on track. They pay girls between the ages of 12 and 18 $1 a day not to get pregnant.

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26
Mar
2009

DNA Tests Reveal Alfie Patten Isn’t Baby’s Dad

DNA tests have revealed that the 13-year-old boy, Alfie Patten, is not the father of a baby born to a 15-year-old he had unprotected sex with once.

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13
Feb
2009

13 Year-Old Boy Becomes A Dad

In a less than ideal situation, a 13 year-old boy and his 15 year-old girlfriend have welcomed a baby in the UK.

Baby-faced Alfie Patten, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne.
The pair decided against an abortion [...]

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Feb
2009

Pregnant Teen Accused of Drunk-Driving TWICE!

Police are looking to help get pregnant 14-year-old girl and her baby some support after the teen was caught allegedly drink-driving twice in the past week.
Police pulled the girl over on Saturday night and she recorded a level of 766 micrograms per litre of breath – more than five times the legal limit for [...]

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15
Jan
2009

12-year-old Schoolgirl Gives Birth

Staff at a Nambia hospital were left in shock after a 12-year-old girl gave birth to a baby girl earlier this week.
The father of the baby is said to be between 15 and 16 years old. The baby is currently being kept in the Hospital’s Premature Unit, while the mother is recuperating in [...]

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29
Dec
2008

Bristol Palin Welcomes Baby Boy!

Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, welcomed her first baby on Sunday, her grandma’s sister confirmed.
Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston arrived in Palmer, Alaska weighing 7 lb., 4 oz., baby boy.
“We think it’s wonderful,” said Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath, “The baby is fine [...]

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27
Oct
2008

USA Today Rejects Teen Pregnancy Prevention Public Service Announcement

The Candie’s Foundation’s “America, Wake Up” (pictured right) PSA campaign to prevent teenage pregnancy was due to run as a full-page advertisement in USA Today until the publication rejected the ad because they didn’t want to offend their readers.

USA Today began by explaining that it did not want to offend its readers and subsequently changed [...]

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Sep
2008

Sarah Palin’s 17 year-old Daughter Expecting A Baby

Bristol, the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is five-months pregnant, Palin said in a statement today.

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,” the Palin’s said in a statement to Reuters.
“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us [...]

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Mar
2007

Crazy Texan Senator Proposes To Pay $500 For Unwanted Babies

A Texas legislator has proposed that pregnant women considering abortion be offered $500 not to end their pregnancies.

Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick, who also is a conservative radio talk show host, said on Friday the money might convince the women to go ahead and have babies, then give them up for adoption.

He said during a [...]

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Feb
2007

Teens Think That Being Pregnant Is Fashionable

A pregnant 14-year-old has told how having a baby is now regarded as “fashionable” among schoolgirls.
Kizzy Neal has been asked to give advice to four of her classmates who have also fallen pregnant since Christmas.
The teen, from Torbay in Devon, said: “When my friends see my bump they say they wish they could have [...]

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