There is no advanced country in the world that has anything like the teen pregnancy problem that we do, and we have got to do something about it. We have got to give these young people opportunity. We have to insist that they take more responsibility. We must help them make good choices.

The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of older men. It's a sad fact that half of all underage mothers in this country were made pregnant by a man who was in his 20s, or even older, someone who has no business taking advantage of an underage girl. ... It is time for [the law] to be enforced so that older men who prey on underage women are held accountable.

Bill Clinton, June 13, 1996

Quoted in
The Washington Times
National Weekly Edition
January 4-10, 1999, p.16

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