... girls nationwide are fathered by adult men age 20 or older. The United States at Mid-Decade, CJ DeVita, Population Bulletin 50(4), Population Reference Bureau: Washington DC, March 1996. The Alan Guttmacher Institute reported in 1994 that six of ten girls who had sex before age 15 were coerced by males an average of six years older than the female. (Sex ... and America's Teenagers,1994, The Alan Guttmacher Institute: New York.) A Washington state study of 535 women who became pregnant as adolescents found that two-thirds had been sexually abused and 44% had been raped. The average ... ...

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... . The government ought to make it legitimate to have an abortion ONLY if there's danger to the mother or the child's health, incest victims, and rape victims: According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, one of the two most common reasons women choose abortion is because they cannot afford another child. By providing low-income and young women with genuine education and ... ...

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... before it actually happens. It is not surprising to find out that young women are more likely to support abortion than in other age groups. In fact, "according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), 55% of U.S. women getting abortion are under age 25 and 22% are teenagers" (Drill 127). Young women often ... ...

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