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California's Teen Birthrate Hits Record Low [bakersfield.com]

By Elizabeth Castillo, Cal Matters, November 2, 2019 Diana Shalabi had to be sure. She was 15 when she told her dad she needed cash for a high school football game. Actually, it was for pregnancy tests. Test after test confirmed the news she wasn’t ready to face. “I was like, ‘This is not happening,’” Shalabi said. “I was crying every day.” That was four years ago, and she gave birth to a daughter, Amina. Her marriage to the baby’s father lasted less than a year. Today, she says she has sole...
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