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05/20/2009: "Survey delves into high birth rate for young Latinas"

Somewhere along the way, the aspirations fail to match up to reality. The survey attempts to examine some of the reasons for the disparity and why Latinas now have the highest teen birth rate among all ethnic and racial groups in the United States.

"There's a big disconnect between pregnancy rates and what Latina families want and value," said Ruthie Flores, senior manager of the National Campaign's Latino Initiative.

According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 53 percent of Latinas get pregnant in their teens, about twice the national average.


[ This is not really the truth. This is just an attempt to make it seem as though these Latinas are just rather hopeless at applying family planning. Really that is the least of the problem. In many schools in the US Hispanic girls compete with each other to get pregnant and are disappointed if they are not. A particularly infamous incident highlighting this occured last year: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html "Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High". A lucky homeless bum found his genes suddenly sought after as if he was a prize stud. These girls aren't even looking for quality fathers for their offspring. ]

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/19/latinas.pregnancy.rate/?iref=hpmostpop