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Tue 10 Oct 2007Involving teenage dadsThat's men for you: Padraig O'Morain'sguide to men's health:Today, three or four teenage girls who become pregnant shortly after they turn 18 or at a younger age will give birth. Just under half will have become pregnant at the age of 17 or under. One birth every eight or nine days will be to a girl who became pregnant when she was 15 or under.