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 According to the National Conference of State Legislatures “Only 40 percent of teen mothers finish high school. Fewer than 2 percent finish college by the time they are 30.” The NCL goes on to report “Children of teen mothers perform worse on many measures of school readiness, are 50 percent more likely to repeat a grade, and are more likely than children born to older mothers to drop out of high school.” dosomething.org explains that the United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the world, and that 3 in 10 woman will get pregnant before age 20.