Jane Fonda returns to Atlanta, where she lived for nearly 20 years, to host a fundraiser for the nonprofit she started, GCAPP, which focuses on teen pregnancy prevention.

Adolescent pregnancy remains a significant public health challenge with far‐reaching implications for maternal and neonatal health worldwide. Research over recent decades has demonstrated that ...

In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15–19-year-old girls, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its ...

High rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America cost governments in the region billions of dollars of year while worsening ...

The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western world (Holcombe, Peterson & Manlove, 2009), and most of these pregnancies are unintentional (Thomas, 2012). Teen mothers are less ...

Reducing the adolescent birth rate is paramount in achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, given that pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of mortality among young women ...

Study finds more religious states have a higher rate of teen pregnancy. Sept. 17, 2009— -- States with populations that express strong religious beliefs also have high teenage birth rates, ...