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Doctors walk fine line on teen pregnancy

By Victoria McEvoy, M.D.
October 6, 2008

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When we heard Jamie Lynn Spears, the sibling of Britney, was with child at age 16, we shrugged; just another Hollywood event, we said to ourselves. When word leaked out that Bristol Palin, daughter of the Republican vice presidential nominee, is pregnant, we tut-tutted. "So much for abstinence teaching," we said. Probably more than a few mothers let out a ... (Full article: 1009 words)

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