Mississippi Business Journal » teen pregnancies http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Study: Mississippi spends $154 million per year on teen pregnancy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/11/study-mississippi-spends-154-million-per-year-on-teen-pregnancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-mississippi-spends-154-million-per-year-on-teen-pregnancy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/11/study-mississippi-spends-154-million-per-year-on-teen-pregnancy/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:00:55 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=45874 Mississippi’s teen pregnancies cost taxpayers more than $154 million annually, a new study says, the greatest losses occurring due to lost tax revenues, incarceration and foster care. The state has the highest rate of teen pregnancies nationwide, and reducing that percentage is now the top priority of the Women’s Fund of Mississippi, the group that [...]

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