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Among girls 15 and younger who become pregnant, between
60 and 80 percent of them are impregnated by adult men.
· Ponton, Lynn, MD. The Sex Lives of Teenagers.
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· "Fact Sheet: Pregnancy & Childbearing
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· Darroch, Jacqueline E., Landry, David J., Oslak,
Selene,
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· Abma, Joyce, Driscoll, Anne, Moore, Kristin,
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· Briggs, Bill, "Anyone listening? Concerned
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(The following studies provide data from birth certificates
only. They do not relate to pregnancies that end in miscarriage
or abortion.)
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We have also uncovered data showing that as the age of the
victim goes down, the age of the perpetrator goes up.
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Average age of men who father children with girls under
14 is now higher than the average age of men who father children
with 18-year-olds.
· Males, Mike, "Adult Liaison in the 'Epidemic'
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See also: State of California, "Statutory Rape Vertical
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When compared to girls who are sexually active with boys
near their own age, these girls are more likely to:
Have multiple sex partners
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Drop out of school
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--- “Young Mothers’ Disadvantage, Not Their
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Engage in dangerous sexual behaviors
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Runaway from home and be lured into prostitution
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· Luster T, Small S, “Sexual Abuse History
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End up on welfare
· Kaplan, Elaine Bell. Not Our Kind of Girl: Unraveling
the
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· Laird, J and Hartman A, eds. A Handbook
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Be estranged from friends and family
· Kaplan, Elaine Bell. Not Our Kind of Girl: Unraveling
the
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· Lamb ME, Elster AB and Travere J, “Behavorial
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· Hsu G. “Statutory Rape: The
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Among sexually active girls between 11 and 13, those who
are having sexual relationships with men more than five years
older than themselves are significantly more likely to attempt
suicide.
· Leitenberg H, Saltzman H, “A Statewide
Survey of Age at First
Intercourse for Adolescent Females and Age of their Male
Partners: Relation to Other Risk Behaviors and Statutory
Rape Implications,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2000,
29(3):203-212.
· Luster T, Small S, “Sexual Abuse History
and Problems in
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Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1997, 59:131-142.
· Nagy S, Adcock AG, Magy MC., “A Comparison
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majority of these girls contracted these diseases from adult
males.
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· Miller K, L Clark, and J Moore. “Sexual
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Adolescents.” Family Planning Perspectives, 1997, 29:212-214.
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· Tomarken J, “Digests: Among Teenagers
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Abortion industry data showing that underage girls given
abortion or birth control are not being reported. Backed up
by government documentation.
· U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
Administration on
Children, Youth and Families. Child Maltreatment 1999 (Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001).
· Moore, K.A., Driscoll, A.K., Lindberg, L.D.
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Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy,
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· The Alan Guttmacher Institute, "Facts
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· U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
"Youth Risk
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Control and Prevention.
· U.S. Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, Detailed
Tables:
P12: Sex By Age, P14: Sex By Age for the Population Under
20 Years, PCT12: Sex By Age, http://www.census.gov.
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