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Tom Carper: “If a 16-year-old girl becomes pregnant, drops out of school, does not marry the father of her child, there is an…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2018
If a 16-year-old girl becomes pregnant, drops out of school, does not marry the father of her child, there is an 80-percent likelihood that they will live in poverty--8-0--80 percent.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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Carper highlights the impact of early pregnancy on poverty rates.

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