The economy may well be the best form of birth control.
The economy may well be the best form of birth control. U.S. births dropped for the third straight year _ especially for young mothers _ and experts think money worries are the reason.

The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping _ a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession.

The U.S. teen birth rate hit an all-time low in 2009 — a decline that stunned experts say is partly because of the economy.