More than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Texas...
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While teenage birth rates have declined significantly across the country in recent decades, Texas remains above the national average,. Out of all births in Texas, around 6% were teen births in 2019 and 2020. Other schools in the Brownsville Independent School District have softball teams or drama productions. Lincoln Park has a day care and flexible scheduling. Her students are smart and ambitious, Cardenas said, and they want to be in school — but they’re juggling demands most other high school students couldn’t imagine.
Texas does not require high schools to teach sex education, and the vast majority that do focus on sexual abstinence. The state has a complicated maze of requirements for teenagers seeking birth control and is currently operating under the strictestAll of this leaves teenagers with insufficient tools to proactively manage their own reproductive health, advocates and teenagers say, with long-lasting consequences for themselves, their children and their communities.
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