3. Mississippi
The teenage pregnancy rate in the state of Mississippi in 2015 was 34.8 per 1000 girls, ranking it 3rd in the nation and 3rd on our list. Mississippi is among the states with the highest teenage pregnancy rates which does not provide sex education or HIV education to its youth. On the other hand, abstinence is promoted as the best, and perhaps the only, way to avoid unplanned pregnancy. National Conference of State Legislatures points out that the public cost of teen pregnancy in 2010 was $137 million.
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