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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Pregnancies: The girls at the Maine Youth Center have a much higher rate of teen pregnancy than the general teen population - almost three times as high.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Teen pregnancy: State and federal efforts to implement prevention programs and measure their effectiveness.
Their teen program provides adolescents with primary healthcare services, pregnancy prevention counseling, and education services.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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Challenges remain with issues such as teen pregnancies and medically fragile students, downsized staffing, and cultural diversity of patient groups.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Teens and pregnancy and contraception Teens and sexual intercourse How many teens are sexually active?
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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So many teens and young mothers in our community have gone through the struggles of unplanned pregnancies and abortions, and wondered what to do.
Far more prevalent than the glaring examples of child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancies, and paternal uninvolvement are the subtler versions of poor parenting.
More unplanned pregnancies and abortions occur in among young adults than teens.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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He believes that if teen pregnancies could be cut in half that we would see a decline in crime, public health costs, and welfare within 12 years.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention - The Congresswoman calls for a national dialogue on religious and community values to help prevent teen pregnancies.
The Latino Outreach program of Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities actively outreaches to Latino teen mothers to help in crisis pregnancies and with parenting.
National PTA is working to improve the juvenile justice system and reduce the incidence of drug and alcohol abuse and teen pregnancies.
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