Oliver Starr Jr.

Studies have found that adult men are responsible for nearly three-fourths of all teen births, reports Oliver Starr Jr. in the following viewpoint. Moreover, the younger the girl, the greater the age difference is between her and her sexual partner, he maintains. Starr also asserts that older men often coerce their pregnant girlfriends into having abortions, are largely responsible for infecting their younger girlfriends with sexually transmitted diseases, and usually provide little or no financial support for their children. Starr concludes that society must make these predatory men responsible for their actions. Starr is a freelance writer.

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1. What is the average age of the man who fathered a twelve-year-old girl’s baby, according to Starr"

2. What evidence does the author present to support...