Grace Chung
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Latino organizations said Tuesday that teen pregnancies in their community wouldn’t drop without more help from parents.
“To say that we are in a crisis is an understatement,” said Amy Hinojosa, the director of leadership initiatives at MANA, a national Latina organization that’s a coalition participant.
More than half of Latina teens will get pregnant before they turn 20, the coalition reported, which is nearly twice the national average and the highest pregnancy rate of any U.S. ethnic or racial group.