1. Arkansas
Arkansas is the state with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the United States for some years now and such data places it at the top of our list of 10 states with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in America. In 2015, the teenage pregnancy rate was 38 per 1000 girls, which suggests that there was an improvement if we consider the statistical data for 1998 when the teenage pregnancy rate in Arkansas was 114 per 1000 girls. Despite promising numbers, Arkansas still has a long way to go to tackle the issue. Perhaps the government should think about making changes to sex education programs where currently abstinence is being promoted as the best way to not get pregnant.
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This was Insider Monkey’s list of 10 states with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in America.
