18993.1. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51.)
The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a)One in three children in California is born out of…#
(a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock.
(b)As many as 70,000 children were born to teenagers in…#
(b) As many as 70,000 children were born to teenagers in each of at least the last two years and nearly 25 percent of these were born to teenage mothers who have previously had children.
(c)Children who grow up without fathers are five times…#
(c) Children who grow up without fathers are five times more likely to be poor, twice as likely to drop out of school, and much more likely to end up in foster care or juvenile justice facilities.