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Texas has always topped the charts for teen pregnancy. Nueces County, home to Corpus Christi, Texas, has claimed the title of county with the second highest teen pregnancy birth rate in the country--Although the percentage dropped from 1995 until 2003, the rate has remained higher than the rest of the state, which is considered one of the top-ranked teen pregnancy locations in the nation.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2009

Facts

Once a high school center in Corpus Christi Independent School district confirms a student is pregnant, she is automatically obligated to enter into counseling which encourages her to give birth to the baby or to later give it up for adoption. By law, schools cannot mention "alternative options."

Texas teens' pregnancy rate is 101 per 1,000 births.

1/3 of Texas teenage mothers will end up on welfare.

Texas taxpayers spend $1 billion a year to support teen births.

Pregnancy ranks as one of the highest reasons Texans drop out of high school.

Hispanic women have made up 83 percent of Texas teen mothers thus far in 2009.

Only 13 percent of Texas teenage women use the birth control pill, two percent lower than the national average.