Thousands of Colombian girls under 14 pregnant each year
Almost 20,000 Colombian girls under the age of 14 became pregnant between 2011 and 2013, according to officials statistics reported by local media.
Almost 20,000 Colombian girls under the age of 14 became pregnant between 2011 and 2013, according to officials statistics reported by local media.
Health authorities in Colombia’s third largest city are welcoming figures that show a marked drop in the rate of teen pregnancy in the last eight years.
One in five girls in Colombia get pregnant before reaching 18 years of age, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) claimed in a report released this week.
Colombian authorities announced Monday they will begin investigating “sex roulette,” a newly discovered sex game played by minors that got a 14-year old girl accidentally pregnant.
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