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C-Sections Rise, Teen Birth Rate Falls in 2008

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Dec 20th 2010 12:01AM

Teen birth rates are down, but more older women are having babies. Credit: Getty Images Americans had fewer babies in 2008, but more of them were delivered by cesarean section -- up to nearly a third, and more of them were born to older ...A survey also found that the the number of women between 40 and 49 having babies went up.
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Bristol Palin Backtracks on Abstinence Views

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 12th 2009 11:00AM

Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah and mother of Tripp, recently made headlines after voicing her opinion about abstinence. A teen mother herself, Bristol told Greta Van Susteren back in February that "everyone should be abstinent, but it's just not ...
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Teen births on the rise in U.S.

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 6th 2007 5:29PM

Back in July, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that based on 2005 numbers, the teen birthrate in the U.S. was lower than it had ever been. Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released numbers for the period ...
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