Mississippi now owns the distinction of being the state with the nation’s highest rate of teen pregnancy, which is 60 percent above the rest of the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The good news is that the study, which is based on the review of birth certificates, implies that Mississippi teens, in greater numbers, are apparently choosing life over abortion. The report also notes that Mississippi, like previous leaders New Mexico and Texas, has a large proportion of black and Hispanic teenagers, groups that traditionally have higher birth rates.

In WORLD’s annual Roe v. Wade issue, Lynn Vincent writes about the effect abortion has on these two minority groups. In “Black genocide,” Lynn writes about how African-Americans are fighting the high toll of abortion in their own community by developing compassionate alternatives. And in “American girls,” Lynn reports that when it comes to abortion, some Hispanics are becoming a bit too assimilated.