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The state with the highest teenage birth rate now requires public colleges teach students how to avoid pregnancy

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Public colleges and universities in Arkansas are starting to unveil their state-mandated plans to prevent unplanned pregnancies, NPR reported.

A powerful video, for example, emerged at Arkansas Tech University, one that every freshman is required to watch. Produced by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, it features men and women who had teenage pregnancies describe the unwanted consequences of having children too young.

“I wanted to be a surgeon,” one young woman on the video explained. “I had so many different plans — I mean, I had my whole life planned out.”

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Source:: BusinessInsider.Com