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.
In San Francisco, 288 babies were born to teen moms in 2006, for a rate of 18.9 per 1,000 teens. California's teen birthrate is still well below the peak of 70.9 births per 1,000 in 1991, and it also is below the national average today of 41.9 births per 1,000 teens. But public health officials throughout the Bay Area said part of the blame for the sudden increase statewide is complacency among themselves.