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Birth Rate of People Aged 15-17
Teen pregnancies are dangerous and have a significant risk to the health of both the mother and child, including eclampsia, premature labor, maternal death, and low birth weight. There is also a detrimental effect on social standing with higher rates of incarceration, poverty, and lower educational levels.
Mississippi has the highest rate of teens expecting children; this coincides with their martial laws, where girls as young as 15 and boys as young as 17 can be married with parental consent.
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