{"id":208999,"date":"2024-01-04T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=208999"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:15:24","slug":"washington-post-reports-on-high-rates-of-teenage-pregnancy-in-dr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/washington-post-reports-on-high-rates-of-teenage-pregnancy-in-dr\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post reports on high rates of teenage pregnancy in DR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wander-Franco-Listin-Diario.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209064\" width=\"290\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wander-Franco-Listin-Diario.png 800w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wander-Franco-Listin-Diario-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wander-Franco-Listin-Diario-768x908.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington Post reporter highlights the high cost of contraception in the Dominican Republic and looks into culturally-approved sex minors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It reports on efforts to reduce child pregnancy. San Cristobal and Azua are two of the provinces with the most cases. Child marriage and having sex with a minor is illegal in the Dominican Republic, but there are few cases of prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent case against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco brings to the forefront the illegalities of having sex with a minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/will-wander-franco-remain-in-jail-judge-in-dominican-republic-to-decide-fate-of-rays-shortstop\">Washington Post <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/mother-of-minor-girl-gets-domiciliary-arrest-in-case-against-tampa-bay-rays-shortstop-wander-franco\/\">DR1 News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 January 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post reporter highlights the high cost of contraception in the Dominican Republic and looks into culturally-approved sex minors. It reports on efforts to reduce child pregnancy. San Cristobal and Azua are two of the provinces with the most cases. Child marriage and having sex with a minor is illegal in the Dominican Republic, but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/washington-post-reports-on-high-rates-of-teenage-pregnancy-in-dr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209065,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208999\/revisions\/209065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}