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Part of the drop in teen pregnancy is credited to the city's aggressive public messaging campaign combined with ready availability of contraception.
Little has been said about the stunning drop in the rate of unplanned pregnancies among teens, which are down by half in this century. Figuring what’s behind that success is key to the ongoing effort to reduce still-high rates of births to teens in several neighborhoods.
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