At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother

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At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother - Published At the end of a year in which motherhood has been at the centre of impassioned debate in the US, a school in Texas for teenage mothers shows how young lives are being supported - and reshaped.Latinas have the highest teen pregnancy rates of any group, and experts warn that following a 2022 Supreme Court decision to strike down the federal protection to abortion, the numbers are likely to rise.Almost all of the students at Lincoln Park High, which has exclusively served teen mothers since 2005, are aged between 14 and 19.But in her backpack next to her books and journals were diapers and baby clothes for her daughter, Jenine, now eight months old.At the time of the BBC's visit to Lincoln Park, seven middle school students under the age of 14 were enrolled, as well as three students who each have three children."

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