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teen pregnancy stories: 73 news summaries

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Study Finds More Pregnant US Diabetics

Weight gain triggers type-2 'epidemic,' raises health issues

Apr 28, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diabetes among pregnant women has skyrocketed, a study finds, raising concerns for both mothers and children. In 1999-2005, the number of diabetic women giving birth more than doubled, the study found, and the number of diabetic teenage pregnancies rose five-fold. “These are high-risk pregnancies,” one doctor told USA ... More »

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obesity • pregnancy • diabetes • obesity epidemic • type 2 diabetes • teen pregnancy

13-Year-Old Moms Among Girls From Polygamist Ranch

Custody hearing told girls believed having babies was their duty

Apr 18, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moms as young as 13 are among the 416 children removed from the Texas ranch of a polygamous sect, a child protection officer told a hearing yesterday. The state, making its case to keep the children away from the ranch, testified that a pregnant 14-year-old and a number of pregnant... More »

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Texas • child abuse • Mormonism • teen pregnancy • Child Protective Services • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Teen Pregnancy Down in US, Feds Say

And more women
are keeping babies
out of wedlock

Apr 14, 08 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen pregnancy is down and more unmarried 20-somethings are getting pregnant in America, Reuters reports. A 2004 federal study also shows that more unmarried women are keeping their babies, except among blacks. Why the drop in teen pregnancies? "There is some evidence that contraceptive use was increasing among teenagers... More »

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abortion • contraception • condom • conception • single parenting • teen pregnancy • single women

 'Sex Bed' for Girls
 Found in
 Polygamist Temple 

Temple used for sex with underage brides, tipster tells cops

Apr 10, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of a polygamous cult had sex with underage girls inside the group's temple immediately after "spiritual weddings," according to court documents. Investigators found the bed, described by a tipster, in the temple of the Texas ranch. Men had sex with "brides" as young as 13, reports... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Sex Abuse
 'Rampant' at
 Polygamist
 Ranch 

Pubescent girls forced to 'marry' older men,  say investigators

Apr 9, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young girls at a polygamous compound were readied for "spiritual marriages" to much older men as soon as they hit puberty, the AP reports. Papers submitted to a Texas court detail a "pattern of abuse" at the ranch, where young boys were forced to marry underage girls and... More »

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Texas • rape • child abuse • sexual abuse • polygamy • Mormonism • Warren Jeffs • teen pregnancy • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

 Jamie Lynn
May Be Hearing
Wedding Bells

Britney's pregnant
little sister is showing off a ring, People says

Mar 25, 08 9:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a bun in the oven, teen star Jamie Lynn Spears now appears to have gotten an engagement ring from boyfriend Casey Aldridge, People reports. "She's been showing it off, talking about it," says a source close to the 16-year-old Spears, who's been hiding out in the Louisiana... More »

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Britney Spears • Nickelodeon • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • Zoey 101 • Casey Aldridge • celebrity pregnancy

Hey, Hey, Hey! Cosby's a Rapper Now

His hip-hop record will criticize hip-hop culture, without the bad words

Feb 6, 08 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Cosby, long a vocal critic of urban street culture and its gangsta rap, is holding his enemies close. His next record, State of Emergency, will be nothing but hip-hop, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. The album will address sober issues faced by America's black youth, such as teen pregnancy and... More »

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drugs • black culture • rap music • Bill Cosby • teen pregnancy • comedian

In Good Spears News, Sis'
Show Still On

Jamie Lynn's Zoey 101 slated for February, Nickelodeon says

Jan 5, 08 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Nickelodeon is not, contrary to reports, yanking the upcoming season of the Jamie Lynn Spears vehicle Zoey 101 despite the 16-year-old star's pregnancy, a spokesman told MTV. "No truth to that rumor," Dan Martinsen said in response to stories the completed final season won't begin airing in February,... More »

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Britney Spears • Nickelodeon • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • celebrity pregnancy

Jamie Lynn's Beau May Not Be Baby Daddy

Insider says pregnant teen won't reveal father's name

Dec 31, 07 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Jamie Lynn Spears’ longtime beau may not be the father of her unborn child, PageSix.com reports. A “family insider” says the 16-year-old won’t reveal the father’s name, and friends and family don’t remember Spears and Casey Aldridge dating as seriously as she says. “Jamie... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • Nickelodeon • Lynne Spears • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • Casey Aldridge • celebrity pregnancy

Do As He Says, Not As He Does

Who might need
advice from a Lohan? The Spears family,
of course

Dec 28, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - In a gesture of troubled-celebrity empathy, MIchael Lohan, Lindsay's ex-con father, has reached out to the Spears family, imploring the world not to judge pregnant 16-year-old Jamie Lynn or sister Britney, "Extra" reports. “Stand together," he told the Spears clan. "Stand by each other and don’... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy

Nickelodeon Mulls Teen-Sex Special

Cable net grapples with response to its biggest star's big revelation

Dec 21, 07 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - In the fallout surrounding the pregnancy of its biggest star, Jamie Lynn Spears, Nickelodeon may air a special on teen sex as early as next month, People reports. The special’s potential host, Linda Ellerbee, said it could be “a great opportunity for parents at this moment to... More »

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Nickelodeon • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • Zoey 101 • teen sex • Linda Ellerbee • Casey Aldridge • teenager

Did Jamie Lynn's Beau Break the Law?

Her pregnancy spurs legal debate on statutory rape laws

Dec 20, 07 6:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The pregnancy of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears by her 18-year-old boyfriend is sparking renewed debate about the nation's uneven patchwork of statutory rape laws. Teens in some states can be sentenced to jail for having consensual sex with people not much younger than they are. Because prosecution is left to... More »

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California • law • Louisiana • sex offenders • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • celebrity pregnancy • teenager

Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16

Jamie Lynn Spears in "complete and total shock"

Dec 19, 07 4:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Another Spears may be headed for parenting woes. Britney's kid sister, Jamie Lynn, has announced that she's 12 weeks pregnant. The 16-year-old Louisiana high school student, star of the  Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101," met her boyfriend and the father of the baby, Casey Aldridge, at church, Reuters reports.... More »

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Britney Spears • pregnancy • Louisiana • Nickelodeon • Lynne Spears • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • celebrity pregnancy

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