Teen Births Cost Miss. $154M, Study Finds

Groups pushing for comprehensive sex education classes in Mississippi schools say there's a good economic reason for what they're doing.

A new analysis shows births to teen or preteen mothers cost the state $154.9 million in 2009.

That includes increased costs of foster care, social services and incarceration for young people born years ago to teen moms. It also takes into account lost revenue from people who have lower levels of education and lower-paying jobs because they became parents when they were younger than 20.

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