Teen Pregnancy Among Latinas

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy estimates that 51 percent of Latina teens get pregnant at least once before age 20—nearly twice the national average. Moreover, the Latina teen pregnancy rate is declining at half the pace of the overall national rate, and some states are reporting rising rates of Latina teen pregnancy and childbearing. Listen as Bill Albert , the deputy director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the author of "51%: Latinas and Teen Pregnancy? in the latest issue of Conscience , describes recent trends in the Latina teen pregnancy rate and the barriers to reducing that rate in the future. To read the article available online, please visit the Conscience homepage . To

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This episode was published on Aug 15, 2007.

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