Recent studies have found that teen pregnancy is at its lowest point in 30 years. Though that's an encouraging statistic, it doesn't tell the whole story.

"Teen moms are the only ones with a visible marker of their sexual activity, said Cynthia Hudson, coordinator of the Knox Adolescent Pregnancy Initiative for the Knox County Health Department. 'But even more teens are becoming sexually active a lot sooner and contracting sexually transmitted diseases,' Hudson said."

For teen moms, life changes radically. The focus of their lives has to shift from themselves and their futures to the lives of their children. College plans often change, and many never attend college at all. Source: Knox News

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