Here are some chocking figures about violence and teen pregnancy.
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Only six months ago, the relationship between sexual violence and teen pregnancy was revealed in a report titled "If Truth Be Told" by United Way of Greater Milwaukee and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Advisory Committee.
The report's statistics are almost incomprehensible. More than half of teen mothers are sexually molested prior to their first pregnancy.
Between 30% and 44% of teen mothers have been victims of rape or attempted rape, and 23% of assault victims become pregnant by their assailants.
In our state, 71% of babies born to teen girls are fathered not by teen boys but by men over the age of 20.
Nationally, 42% of girls younger than 15 reported that their first intercourse was non-consensual. As a parent, that is terrifying.
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