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 New York, for example, pregnancies among black teens â excluding miscarriages â result in abortion 67 percent of the time. New York has the highest teen abortion rate in the country, according to the study. Another study shows that the number has been nearly halved since the recorded high of 80 per 1,000 in 1990.