Are you sure that "we used to adopt them out" more than we do now? Since I personally know quite a few people in their 50s that were teen mothers. Also teen pre

Are you sure that "we used to adopt them out" more than we do now? Since I personally know quite a few people in their 50s that were teen mothers. Also teen pregnancy in the US is decreasing and are now at historic lows according to the CDC[1] The age of consent isn't 18 in most places either. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db89.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db89.pdf