Sadly, more teen pregnancies generally means more teen abortions.
And, according to a report from the Massachusetts Family Institute, fatherless teen-age girls are five to seven times more likely to become pregnant than those who have a father in the home.
A member of the Governor's Council expressed enthusiasm about Maura Healey's reversal of a longstanding trend among Massachusetts governors not to recommend many pardons for crimes.
Marilyn Pettito Devaney, a Democrat from Watertown and member of the council since 1999, said the Governor's Council during the 1960s used to hold 20 to 30 hearings for pardons and commutations a week.
