National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
- First, despite the nation’s progress in reducing teen pregnancy, about three in ten teens get pregnant by age 20, the rates in the United States are still the highest among fully industrialized nations. Moreover, among some groups, especially the large and growing Latino population, rates of teen pregnancy and birth are well above the national average and are declining far more slowly than the overall rates. Clearly, we all still have a lot of work to do.
- Second, it is now evident that although teens have been making remarkable progress over the past two decades, adults have not. This is especially apparent in the nation’s rate of unplanned pregnancy. At present, about half of pregnancies are unplanned and the rate of the progress made in reducing unplanned pregnancy in the 1980s and into the 1990s seems to have almost completely halted.
Address
- Street: 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 200
- Postcode: 20036
- City: Washington
- State: DC
- Country: United States
Contact
- Telephone: 202-478-8500
- E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- Website: http://www.teenpregnancy.org/
