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TTC Extra: Teen Birth Rate
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Teen birth rates have gone down in all but two states of the United States.
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Video description: Two women running for office have taken an unusual approach in their political ads: breastfeeding while talking to voters. The two mothers are getting attention for their bold strategy. Krish Vignarajah, a Democrat running for governor in Maryland, and Kelda Roys, a Democrat running for governor in Wisconsin, say they have gotten an overwhelmingly positive response to their ads.
Teen birth rates have gone down in all but two states of the United States.
Representative Loretta Sanchez talks with To the Contrary about sexual assault in the military.
Non-profit group Save the Children released a statistic stating 50% more babies die on their first day of life in the United States than in any other industrialized nation--11,000 babies per year. One reason is the high number of teen mothers giving birth to premature infants.
New data show that the rate of single mothers is at an all time high. See what our panelists think in this week's TTC Extra.
Some parents have complained over the updates given to the characters from the famous board game, Candy Land, saying they, along with other characters aimed at young girls, are overly sexualized.
This week on To the Contrary, we take an in depth look at flame retardants in furniture and how they impact women and families.
Senate Republicans and some rural-state Democrats rejected a proposal to expand background checks on gun sales. Gun control advocates and grieving families vow to continue fighting for their cause.
A group of Indian female college students has created rape-prevention underwear for women after the fatal gang rape of an Indian woman late last year.
Name It. Change It. co-founder Siobhan "Sam" Bennett talks about the group's latest research into the effect of talking about a woman's appearance during a political campaign.
Women are breaking through the brass ceiling, even if it's just slightly. More women are serving in national security and law enforcement fields than ever before.
Rep. Donna Edwards's staff is taking a 2% pay cut and she has pledged to donate an equivalent part of her salary in response to the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by the sequester.
Mom of male Princeton students says Princeton women should find husbands before graduation.
North Dakota now has the most restrictive abortion law in the United States. Our panelists react.
As women are now 20 percent of the U.S. Senate, we ask our panelists if they really have the power they need to get the job done.
Women gathered in Washington, D.C., to reenact the Women's Suffrage March of 1913.
March is Women's History Month and we ask panelists what the most influential moment in women's history is for them.
Online commentators are speculating about Secretary of State John Kerry's commitment to women's issues, after Secretary Hillary Clinton made women a cornerstone of her tenure.
In honor of V-Day, women and the men who love them took to Farragut Square to dance in protest of violence against women across the globe and here at home.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down with Bonnie Erbe to share her ongoing work on women and girls' empowerment. Catch the full interview on this week's To the Contrary.
Our panelists discuss new lawsuits filed by women who had risque pictures of themselves posted online by ex-partners.
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