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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]