Nearly 1 million teen girls get pregnant every year.
National Campaign Analysis of Henshaw, S.K. (2003)

Approximately 4 in 10 girls will become pregnant in the United States at least once before the age of 20
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 1997. Whatever Happened to Childhood? The Problem of Teen Pregnancy in the United States. Washington, DC.

7 out of 10 adolescent mothers drop out of high school
Sexual Health Update, winter 1998, Vol. 6 No. 3, Medical Institute.

The U.S. has the highest rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion in the industrialized world.
Singh, S., & Darroch, J.E. (2000). Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing: Levels and trends in developed countries. Family Planning Perspectives, 32(1), 14-23.

Nearly 40% of the fathers of children born to teen mothers are age 20 or older.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (1997). Whatever Happened to Childhood? The Problem of Teen Pregnancy in the United States. Washington, DC: Author.

Children of teens are more likely to do poorly in school, more likely to drop out of school, and less likely to attend college.
Maynard, R.A. (Ed.), Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Costs of Adolescent Childbearing, New York: Robin Hood Foundation, 1996.

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.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (1997). Whatever Happened to Childhood? The Problem of Teen Pregnancy in the United States. Washington, DC: Author.