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.
Many Teen Pregnancies Are Unplanned or Unwanted. 1  Fifty percent of births to women aged 15 to 19 in Brazil are reported to be unplanned.3.  A 1993 study in Jamaica found that nearly 45 percent of young women aged 15 to 24 had ever been pregnant.