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.
the Netherlands among other countries, teen pregnancy and STI rates were significantly lower than in the United States. In fact, the U.S. had (and still has) one of the highest teen birth rates of all developed nations (Alford & Hauser, 2011). Evaluation of sex education programs became a priority, and teen pregnancy and STIs, along with age of