Jacqueline L. Stock, Michelle A. Bell, Debra K. Boyer, and Frederick A. Connell

In the following viewpoint, Jacqueline L. Stock, Michelle A. Bell, Debra K. Boyer, and Frederick A. Connell argue that young girls who have been sexually abused are at higher risk for adolescent pregnancy than girls who have not been abused. They maintain that girls who were sexually abused as children manifest high-risk sexual behaviors, such as promiscuity and unprotected sex, which put them at risk for unplanned adolescent pregnancy. Stock is a research study manager at Battelle Centers for Public Health Research. Bell is an associate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Boyer is an affiliate associate professor at University of Washington, Seattle. Connell is a professor of maternal and child health services at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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