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Article: Yakima County's Teen-age Pregnancy Rate Falls -- But number of babies born in 1998 increases
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
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- November 17, 1999
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The number of babies born in Yakima County went up in 1998, but
women are waiting longer to have babies, according to a new state
Department of Health report.
The report also shows lower teen-age pregnancy rates, which local
health officials credit largely to access to birth control.
Statewide, abortions dropped by 5.3 percent, and even more in
Yakima County, which had 7 percent fewer abortions than the year
before.
The numbers also indicate that teen-agers are delaying having sex
and are using effective birth control, said Gwen Chaplin, president
and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Central Washington. "And delaying
sex is a good thing," she said.
According to the report published by the Health ...