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May was designated as National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month.
Across the country, teen pregnancy has hit an historic low, but here in Shelby County, the rate was nearly 30% higher than anywhere else in the state.
To make matters worse, most of those babies were born into extreme poverty.
Ashley Coffield with Planned Parenthood, stopped by to urge teens to consider IUD‘s or implants.
