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Study: Houston leads in births under age 15
Houston Chronicle ^ | 8.31.09 | TODD ACKERMAN

Posted on 08/31/2009 9:40:59 PM PDT by trumandogz

More girls under 15 give birth in Houston than any other U.S. city, according to a new national report, and many of the city's teen moms have additional children before they turn 20. The report by the research organization Child Trends found that there were 20 percent more babies born to girls 14 or younger in Houston than in New York and Los Angeles in 2006 and that 24 percent of all Houston's teen births were repeat births that year, the latest for which data is available.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anchorbabies; conchita; houston; illegalalians; mexibabies; prolife; rickperry; teensex
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1 posted on 08/31/2009 9:41:00 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

In Texas, we are Pro-Life.


2 posted on 08/31/2009 9:43:22 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz

How many of the mothers are former New Orleans residents?


3 posted on 08/31/2009 9:46:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: trumandogz

Parts of Houston is a hell hole.


4 posted on 08/31/2009 9:46:34 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: trumandogz

What city leads in teen abortions?

Abortion only prevents the birth, it doesn’t prevent the pregnancy.


5 posted on 08/31/2009 9:48:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
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The report was seized by Texas child advocacy and health groups as one more indictment of the state's abstinence-only education policy.

Doesn't sound like the secnod time pregnant mothers are abstaining or even afraid of a second pregnancy or even ignorant of how one gets pregnant.

6 posted on 08/31/2009 9:49:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
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Manlove said Texas' high teen birth rates are particularly driven by the state's large population of Hispanics, in whom teenage motherhood is more culturally accepted than it is in other ethnicities.

No mention is made at all as to the citizenship of those having babies.

7 posted on 08/31/2009 9:51:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
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Let me guess!

They are UNWED and Hispanic?

Being pro life is fine but let's open up discussion on abstinence and introduce Christian vales ... .

8 posted on 08/31/2009 9:51:40 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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How many of the mothers are children of illegal aliens?


9 posted on 08/31/2009 9:52:04 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (I wonder why Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) is so afraid of talking with his constituents?)
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To: trumandogz

Anchor babies!


10 posted on 08/31/2009 9:53:51 PM PDT by donna (Average American height: (Men 5' 9.6") (Women 5' 4.3") Movies: Reverse!)
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To: trumandogz

The question is, will Houston overtake Chicago in the 2010 census?


11 posted on 08/31/2009 9:54:42 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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No mention is made at all as to the citizenship of those having babies.

The vast majority of 12-14 year old Hispanic girls in Houston would be U.S. citizens as they were born here. The same may not be true of their parents but these babies being born are second generation Americans.

12 posted on 08/31/2009 9:55:22 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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“Among all births involving teenage mothers, Dallas had the nation's highest percentage of repeat births — 28 percent. San Antonio was fourth with 26 percent, Fort Worth eighth with 25 percent and Houston and Austin 14th and 15th, respectively, with 24 percent.”

Great - REPEAT BIRTHS by teens!

“The report was seized by Texas child advocacy and health groups as one more indictment of the state's abstinence-only education policy.”

Abstinence does work! If parents stress it and KNOW what they're kids are up to ... I doubt this would be happening. Our culture pushes sex like there is no tomorrow. All these factors greatly contribute to sabotage the message but I really look at PARENTS the most in teaching their kids and KNOWING what they are DOING. Pregnancy doesn't happen by osmosis.

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“Manlove said Texas’ high teen birth rates are particularly driven by the state's large population of Hispanics, in whom teenage motherhood is more culturally accepted than it is in other ethnicities.”

Yes, it is culturally correct in the Hispanic culture to indulge ... and their attire is typically provocative. We truly need to upgrade their “culture” as well as the American culture. This is a disastrous situation.

13 posted on 08/31/2009 9:58:07 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Try Mexico!

It’s in the Hispanic culture to do this ... .


14 posted on 08/31/2009 9:58:38 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: ansel12

I don’t think so, but it will be close as Houston was 600,000 short of Chicago in the 2000 census.


15 posted on 08/31/2009 10:00:24 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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Border baby boom strains S. Texas

Doctors and health officials say they are overwhelmed by both the new arrivals and those immigrant mothers who already are in the state. Even Houston's feeling the pinch. An estimated 70 percent to 80 percent of the 10,587 births at Ben Taub General Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital last year were to undocumented immigrants, administrators say.

Dallas leads nation in repeat teen births

SnippetsTexas had the highest repeat rate of any state for the sixth consecutive year. Among seven metro areas, Arlington had the lowest rate, 19 percent, while Fort Worth's 25-percent rate was in a tie nationally for seventh-highest. Also making the list were San Antonio with 26 percent, and Houston and Austin, both with repeat teen birth rates of 24 percent.

Of the city's 3,739 teen births in 2006, the report says, 64 percent were to Hispanics, 30 percent to blacks and 6 percent to whites. Although most were to 18- or 19-year-olds, there were 72 to girls 14 or younger.

16 posted on 08/31/2009 10:01:47 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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This type of Sodom and Gomorrah culture is contributing to making the U.S. a third world country.

It's crazy. They leave that culture and REPEAT it HERE!

17 posted on 08/31/2009 10:02:18 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: ansel12
Houston news headlines show a budget shortfall.

financial report, which will be presented to a City Council committee today, that the city has a $103 million budget shortfall.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6595994.html

18 posted on 08/31/2009 10:04:16 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: a fool in paradise

I am guessing that most of them are not American citizens.


19 posted on 08/31/2009 10:04:50 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: Republic_of_Secession.

If they are only 13 or 14 years old, it is likely that they were born in the US and are US citizens.


20 posted on 08/31/2009 10:06:34 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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