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Mississippi continues to have the highest teen-pregnancy rate in the nation despite the state department of human services push for abstinence-only education through its "Just Wait" program.

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Teen Pregnancy Highest in the South; Mississippi

Compared to the rest of the nation, the South shows some of the highest teen pregnancy rates, an Oct. 22 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds.

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