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Archive Home > 2001 > October > 25 > Jefferson County battles teen pregnancy

Jefferson County battles teen pregnancy

Many teens believed getting pregnant was a remote possibility

By Mike Cronin / The Bulletin
October 25, 2001

MADRAS " Nydia Acosta thought she knew what being a mother would be like.

She didn't.

"I had no clue what having a baby was about," said the 18-year-old senior at Madras High School. She got pregnant at 16 and now has an 11-month-old son named Andre. "You can't just stay in....

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