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An estimated 12 million teenage pregnancies are reported globally every year. The good news is that teenage pregnancies have declined in some parts of the world. However, they remain high in South ...

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TUNICA, Miss. — During the four years Ashley McKay attended Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, Miss., her sex education consisted mainly of an instructor listing different sexually transmitted diseases.

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