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Good News: Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low In the US

By MIKE MAGEE Last week, policy wonks from the right and the left, finally found a topic they could agree on – Kids are no longer having (as many) kids. Specifically, teen pregnancies dropped an additional 10% in the US in 2025. This is an acceleration of a trend which began two decades ago. Teen births peaked in America in 1991 with 62 births per 1000 girls/women age 15 to 19. In 2025, the rate was below 12 per 1000, a drop of 80%, with the majority of that (72%) occurring since the 2008 Great Recession. Obviously, this is “good news” for these young women according to Congressio...