/tags/teen-pregnancy Teen Pregnancy en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:54:59 GMT /health/2024-07-26/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-confidential-contraception-for-teens Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling. Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:54:59 GMT /health/2024-07-26/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-confidential-contraception-for-teens Eleanor Klibanoff /health/2022-10-07/why-childbirth-is-so-dangerous-for-many-young-teens Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:18:51 GMT /health/2022-10-07/why-childbirth-is-so-dangerous-for-many-young-teens Sarah Varney /health/2022-04-30/texas-got-a-sex-ed-update-but-students-and-educators-say-theres-still-a-lot-missing The last time Texas updated its sex education curriculum, was in the '90s. Students will now learn about contraception and STIs 鈥� but not gender or consent. And the classes are all optional. Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:07:29 GMT /health/2022-04-30/texas-got-a-sex-ed-update-but-students-and-educators-say-theres-still-a-lot-missing Elena Rivera /health/2017-07-19/texas-programs-to-prevent-teen-pregnancy-scramble-after-federal-funding-cut The Trump administration cut more than $200 million from teen pregnancy prevention programs and research across the country last week. It was a surprise鈥� Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:01:00 GMT /health/2017-07-19/texas-programs-to-prevent-teen-pregnancy-scramble-after-federal-funding-cut Ashley Lopez /education/2017-02-14/study-a-quarter-of-texas-public-schools-no-longer-teach-sex-ed A quarter of Texas public school districts offered no sex education at all during the 2015-2016 school year, according to a new study released Tuesday by鈥� Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:36:42 GMT /education/2017-02-14/study-a-quarter-of-texas-public-schools-no-longer-teach-sex-ed Cassandra Pollock /education/2016-12-21/austin-isd-says-child-care-in-schools-is-key-to-the-success-of-teen-parents For more than 15 years, the City of Austin and Austin ISD have partnered to provide services for teen parents in Austin public schools. The program helps鈥� Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:37:47 GMT /education/2016-12-21/austin-isd-says-child-care-in-schools-is-key-to-the-success-of-teen-parents /texas/2015-05-07/travis-county-teens-dont-talk-enough-about-safe-sex-report-says Teens in AG真人百家乐 County say they鈥檙e not getting taught about safe sex, and parents say they don鈥檛 know how to talk to their kids about it, according to a鈥� Thu, 07 May 2015 12:39:20 GMT /texas/2015-05-07/travis-county-teens-dont-talk-enough-about-safe-sex-report-says /austin/2014-05-09/how-teen-pregnancies-at-mendez-middle-school-were-cut-down-to-zero This article is part of KUT's yearlong series Turning the Corner, taking a look at Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood. For decades, the neighborhood has鈥� Fri, 09 May 2014 15:59:07 GMT /austin/2014-05-09/how-teen-pregnancies-at-mendez-middle-school-were-cut-down-to-zero /education/2014-05-05/student-parents-want-more-visibility-at-texas-universities KUT News intern Lynn Romero is a graduate student at UT-Austin. She had a daughter at age 18, and was surprised by the invisibility of students like her鈥� Mon, 05 May 2014 14:01:50 GMT /education/2014-05-05/student-parents-want-more-visibility-at-texas-universities Lynn Romero /austin/2014-01-10/in-dove-springs-defying-the-downward-trend-in-teen-pregnancy Damaris Covarrubias lives in Dove Springs, with her entire extended family. It is a huge family. So large in fact, that Damaris has never stopped to鈥� Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:18:59 GMT /austin/2014-01-10/in-dove-springs-defying-the-downward-trend-in-teen-pregnancy Joy Diaz