All Posts Tagged With: "Teen Pregnancy"

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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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4
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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22
Feb
2008

16 Year Old Agentine Mom Welcomes SECOND Set Of Triplets

Wholly schmuckers… a 16-year-old Argentine girl has given birth to a set of baby girl triplets – for the second time.
The new mom, who is only known as Pamela, had her first set of female triplets aged 15, after giving birth to a son when she was just 14.
All seven children were born prematurely [...]

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