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A recent study, Declines in Teenage Birth Rates: National and State Patterns 1991-97, reports
that while teenage birth rates have declined substantially during the 1990s, the most
dramatic decline is in the birth rate for young women who have already had one child.
While there was a 6 percent decline in first births to teenagers, the rate of second births
for teens was down by 21 percent between 1991 and 1996. In addition, it found that the
overall teen birth rate dropped 15 percent from 1991 through 1997. Rates are down
more for younger teens (15-17) than older teens (18 and 19). In addition, teenage
childbearing is down in all race and ethnic groups, but the largest declines documented
are for black teenagers, especially younger black teens.
Recent Action by the Administration
Providing family planning services to low income women. The Administration has
granted Medicaid waivers to expand access to family planning services in 11 states in
order to reduce the number of women with mistimed or unwanted pregnancies. These
waivers extend family planning services to low-income women of childbearing age who
would not otherwise be eligible for Medicaid family planning services, including
low-income women who are eligible for Medicaid while pregnant but who lose their
eligibility at the end of pregnancy, and low-income women who would become eligible
for Medicaid if pregnant, even if they've never been pregnant or Medicaid eligible.
Stopped the Coburn Amendment Prohibiting the FDA from Approving RU-486. On
January 22, 1993, President Clinton reversed the ban on the importation of Mifepristone
or RU-486; RU-486 is currently under review by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). Unfortunately, the FDA's scientific drug approval process became under assault
in the 105th Congress. President Clinton threatened to veto a provision that would
have prevented the FDA from using government funds to test, develop or approve
drugs that may induce medical abortion, including RU-486. Because of the President's
veto threat, Republicans backed down and decided not to attach this provision to any
funding bill.
Defeated Parental Consent Restrictions on Contraceptives for Minors. The House voted
to require minors to obtain parental consent prior to receiving any Title X family
planning services (this has also been referred to as the Istook amendment). The
President's veto threat helped to keep it out of the final bill.
Stopped the So-Called "Child Custody Protection" Act. The Administration threatened
to veto this bill which would have made it illegal to transport a minor across State lines
for the purpose of avoiding parental consent or notification laws. The bill did not
protect close family members --including grandmothers, aunts and siblings --from
criminal and civil liability, and did not protect persons that only provide information,
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