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High teen pregnancy rate marks annual national day of prevention

By Lynda Waddington 5/8/09

Teens in the U.S. are more likely to become pregnant than teens in any other comparable nation. That was the message that local family planning organizations wanted Iowans to know Thursday, the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
“Teens deserve honest, accurate, age-appropriate information about how to protect themselves,” said Amy Halvorson, Director of [...]

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