<div><p>The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools.</p><p>Three percent more girls between the ages of 15 and 19 became pregnant in 2006 ...

<div><p>Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.</p><p>Divisions over abortion are a major obstacle in President Barack Obama's push for health care overhaul, with both sides ...

<div><p>The global rate of abortions and unwanted pregnancies has fallen, a study said Tuesday but warned that unsafe terminations, specially in developing nations, was killing 70,000 women a year.</p><p>Abortions decreased from an estimated 45.5 million in 1995 to 41.6 million in 2003, said the ...

<div><p>Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.</p><p>More than half the deaths, about 38,000, are in sub-Saharan Africa, which was ...