UNICEF: Teen pregnancies put moms' health at risk

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 01/15/2009 - 06:26

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, the U.N. said Thursday, focusing its annual children's survey on the health of their mothers....

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