Grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may compel the production of documents and compel sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it.
Among the states, New Mexico had the highest teen pregnancy rate, in 2010, with 80 pregnancies per 1,000 women in the age group, followed by Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Teen Pregnancy in the United States. In 2013, a total of 273,105 babies were born to women aged 15â19 years, for a live birth rate of 26.5 per 1,000 women in this age group.This is a record low for U.S. teens in this age group, and a drop of 10% from 2012. Birth rates fell 13% for women aged 15â17 years, and 8% for women aged 18â19 years.Still, the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is substantially higher than in other western industrialized nations. 2. Pregnancy and birth are significant contributors to high school drop out rates among girls. 2  Only about 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by 22 years of age, versus approximately 90% of women who had not given birth during adolescence.