Nearly one in three pregnancies in El Salvador are to girls under 19, according to a UN report released Friday that highlights social pressures in the country, which bans abortion. In 2015, 30 percent of the 83,500 pregnancies in El Salvador were to “adolescents aged between 10 and 19,” the study by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said. An average of 69 girls or adolescents become pregnant each day in the country, amounting to around three pregnancies an hour, it added.
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Girls under 19 account for 30% of El Salvador pregnancies: UN
