teen pregnancy

The uptick comes a year after Texas’ six-week abortion ban went into effect in 2021.

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

From Texas Standard: An earlier version of this story said that thousands of children in Texas foster care are sexually abused. The data shows that CPS...

Texas has the fifth highest teen birth rate in the country and ranks first for repeat teen pregnancies. The teen birth rate in Bexar County declined by 53…

San Antonio has cut the rate of teen births in half over the past decade, but the city’s rate is still almost 50 percent higher than the national rate,…

Segment #1The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently began notifying teen pregnancy institutions that their federal funds are being cut to…

The Trump administration cut more than $200 million from teen pregnancy prevention programs and research across the country last week. It was a surprise...

The new director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Dr. Colleen Bridger, is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer and innovations expert…

Teenagers are having less sex and getting better about using contraceptives, a survey finds. Economic hard times also make it less likely that teens will want to become parents so early in life.

A national survey finds that U.S. mothers are having their first child later than ever — it's a 45-year trend. The big reason seems to be a steady drop in the number of teen moms.