teen pregnancy

In 1979, Liz Pryor was a seventeen-year-old girl from a good family in the wealthy Chicago suburbs. Halfway through her senior year of high school, she…

A group of young mothers who became pregnant as teenagers are sharing their stories in a research project aimed at changing public perceptions. Some of…

The Pittsfield Public School’s Curriculum Subcommittee has been meeting with district and community partners to address the city’s troubling teen…

According to the 2010 Massachusetts Birth Report released by the state Department of Public Health earlier this week, the most recent data shows the rate…

Berkshire County, Massachusetts has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state. In Pittsfield, a local organization kicked off a campaign that…

Public school officials in Springfield, Massachusetts will be mailing letters and making telephone calls to the parents and guardians of thousands of…

A community wide collaboration is credited with helping to reduce teenage pregnancy in Holyoke Massachusetts. Officials acknowledge there is much work yet…

WAMC's David Guistina gets the morning headlines from Judy Patrick, managing editor of the Daily Gazette.

The second largest public school system in Massachusetts is going to make condoms available to students as young as 12 beginning this fall. The school…