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When a majority of the Miami-Dade County School Board voted to toss out two sex ed textbooks, the issue hit home for Steve Gallon, who was himself a teen father. He says more comprehensive sex education as a student could have changed the trajectory of his life.
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In more than a dozen U.S. states, laws prohibit pregnant teens from getting epidural anesthesia during labor, or even some kinds of prenatal treatment, without a parent's consent.
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Ohio is one of 13 states without a policy allowing a minor to consent, on her own, to pregnancy-linked health care. That means teens who go into labor are sometimes denied epidurals.
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Making contraceptives available over the counter is safe, a review of research finds, and could lead to fewer unplanned pregnancies in both teens and adult women.