Teen pregnancy rates are at all time lows, according to a new study from researchers at the The Guttmacher Institute. For the study the researchers examined pregnancy rates over the last decade, with the most current data coming in 2010.
They found that in that year, only about six percent of teen girls in the U.S. became pregnant. This marked a drop from 51 percent at the highest rate in 1990. It also represented a 15 percent drop from 2008.
"The decline in the teen pregnancy rate is great news," the researchers said in a statement. "Other reports had already demonstrated sustained declines in births among teens in the past few years; but now we know that this is due to the fact that fewer teens are becoming pregnant in the first place. It appears that efforts to ensure teens can access the information and contraceptive services they need to prevent unwanted pregnancies are paying off."
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