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| Three years after having triplets, DeVanna First is a single mother. One of her daughters, Destiny, was born with a heart murmur and needs constant medical attention |
The U.S. media seized on recent reports that high school girls in a
Massachusetts town had made a pact to get pregnant and raise babies
together. Officials have rejected reports of a pregnancy pact, but the
incident highlights concern among some adolescent health experts that
the U.S. teen birth rate is starting to rise again. Leta Hong Fincher
has more on teen mothers and efforts to reduce teen pregnancy.