Paragraph 1: Teenage pregnancy is a significant issue for American society due to its socioeconomic and healthcare impacts. However, teen birth rates have declined substantially since 1991 across the US and among different demographic groups.
Paragraph 2: The document examines the factors influencing the decrease in teen pregnancy rates by comparing the social, political, and economic contexts before the decline started in the mid-20th century versus after the decline began in the early 1990s.
Paragraph 3: While teen birth rates were previously high, multiple studies have found considerable decreases between the early 1990s and 2010 across states and ethnic groups. The introduction discusses analyzing the reasons for