Teen pregnancy

Gloria Malone, one of the teen parents behind the No Teen Shame campaign

How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy

Over a 10-year campaign, they talked back to public health experts, government officials, and even purported allies who were treating them like they were the problem.

May 12, 2023 / Amy Littlefield

Trump in the White House

Don’t Let the White House’s Dysfunction Distract You From the Bad Things Trump Is Doing Don’t Let the White House’s Dysfunction Distract You From the Bad Things Trump Is Doing

Trump is losing many of his high-profile fights. But in dozens of less-noticed ways, his administration is advancing its extreme agenda.

Aug 8, 2017 / Greg Kaufmann

Planned Parenthood Texas

Texas Made It More Difficult to Get an Abortion, and Teen Motherhood Increased Texas Made It More Difficult to Get an Abortion, and Teen Motherhood Increased

When reproductive-health services are cut, unintended pregnancies increase.

Jul 21, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Birth Control That Works Too Well

Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well

A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.

May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Putting Teen Pregnancy in Perspective Putting Teen Pregnancy in Perspective

The media love reporting on year-to-year fluctations in the American teen birth rate. Less attention is paid to the fact that teen pregnancy is exponentially more common in the Uni...

Nov 18, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train

Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...

Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

Rick Perry’s War on Women

Rick Perry’s War on Women Rick Perry’s War on Women

How the Texas governor launched an assault on Planned Parenthood and women’s health.

Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Jordan Smith

When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident

When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident

We blame girls—but it's the boys who are sabotaging attempts at safer sex, studies suggest.

May 24, 2010 / Lynn Harris

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