Teenage Birthrate Increases For Second Consecutive Year

By Rob Stein and Donna St. George
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 19, 2009

The rate at which teenage girls in the United States are having babies has risen for a second year in a row, government statistics show, putting one of the nation's most successful social and public health campaigns in jeopardy.

Teen births in the District, Maryland and Virginia mirror the national trend, the numbers show, and local health experts say they are alarmed by the shift. the rest