Nearly 1 million teen girls get pregnant every year. (1)

Approximately 4 in 10 girls will become pregnant in the United States at least once before the age of 20 (2)

7 out of 10 adolescent mothers drop out of high school (3)

The U.S. has the highest rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion in the industrialized world. (4)

Nearly 40% of the fathers of children born to teen mothers are age 20 or older. (5)

Children of teens are more likely to do poorly in school, more likely to drop out of school, and less likely to attend college. (6)

Nearly 80% of teen boys who father children do not marry the mother of their child and pay less than $800 annually in child support. (7)