Read more teen pregnancy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19154/teen-pregnancy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:33:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72981/ill-sue-palins-over-custody-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLevi Johnston says he's “definitely” going to court over custody issues concerning Tripp, his son with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. "I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again. I'm done. I'm sure we'll end up in court,” Johnston tells the Guardian , explaining that the Palins have...http://www.newser.com/story/72981/ill-sue-palins-over-custody-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 16:45:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65018/teen-pregnancy-rampant-in-foster-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTeen pregnancy is on the rise throughout the country, but in the foster-care system it’s a full-blown epidemic, Time reports. Nearly half of girls who spent time in the system become pregnant before turning 19, according to one University of Chicago study, and almost 25% had been pregnant more than...http://www.newser.com/story/65018/teen-pregnancy-rampant-in-foster-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64823/teen-pregnancies-stds-increase-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement. 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20, including...http://www.newser.com/story/64823/teen-pregnancies-stds-increase-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 13:28:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61706/palin-dave-owes-all-women-an-apology.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Letterman joked on his show last night that Sarah Palin made nice by inviting him hunting, but their feud showed no sign of letting up this morning when Palin called on him to apologize to young women nationwide on the Today show, the AP reports. Letterman’s joke that Palin’s...http://www.newser.com/story/61706/palin-dave-owes-all-women-an-apology.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 7:54:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60345/dump-levi-get-a-car-dad-to-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe chill between Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin is thawing, but the same can’t be said for Johnston and his babymama’s parents: Todd Palin offered, more than once, to buy Bristol a car if only she’d dump Levi. That tidbit, as well as the revelation that Johnston is capable of...http://www.newser.com/story/60345/dump-levi-get-a-car-dad-to-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 9:06:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin thinks the best advertisement for abstinence is “a screaming newborn baby,” she tells People in a look at the life of a teenage mom. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” says Bristol, who graduated high school last week, but worked two part-time...http://www.newser.com/story/59585/wanna-have-sex-picture-screaming-baby-bristol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 10:20:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59420/health-group-posts-graphic-youtube-vid-of-birthing-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British National Health Service trust posted a controversial staged video on YouTube showing a teenager giving birth amid a pack of yelling high schoolers as a way to scare girls about pregnancy, reports the Daily Mail . The video shows a teen, played by an actress, giving birth on a...http://www.newser.com/story/59420/health-group-posts-graphic-youtube-vid-of-birthing-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 4:54:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58443/abstinence-backer-bristol-no-hypocrite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBristol Palin has gotten a media drubbing for hypocrisy in her new role as abstinence advocate—but such attacks are wholly undeserved, writes Nancy Gibbs in Time . The “true hypocrisy,” one could say, was at the Republican convention, which portrayed a falsely simple happy-ending message. In fact, “life is much...http://www.newser.com/story/58443/abstinence-backer-bristol-no-hypocrite.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 10:33:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58367/obama-budget-cuts-funds-for-abstinence-only-sex-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTake that, Bristol. The Obama administration seeks to cut most federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama's proposed budget for 2010 would scrap two programs that fund abstinence education—with $145 million—and replace them with a $160 million initiative that funnels 75% of...http://www.newser.com/story/58367/obama-budget-cuts-funds-for-abstinence-only-sex-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 18:35:32 CDT