UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s

January 15, 2009 By CELEAN JACOBSON , Associated Press Writer UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s (AP)

18-year-old Dudu Ndwandwe rests with her newly-born baby girl at the Edendale Hospital near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Every year, 70,000 women between the ages of 15 and 19 die in childbirth or from pregnancy complications, UNICEF said in its annual report, Thursday. The 160-page survey paints a bleak picture of the risks of teenage pregnancies, which are prevalent in the developing world. "The State of the World's Children 2009" says that the younger a girl is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the health risks for her and her infant. (AP Photo/John Robinson)

(AP) -- Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, the U.N. said Thursday, focusing its annual children's survey on the health of their mothers.

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phlipper - Jan 15, 2009
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The article makes a good case for forced sterilization in third world countries.
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