It wasn’t a real baby, of course. It was a robot-baby, a mannequin that cries when it’s hungry. Or wet, or cold, ... That means more than 1 out of every 19 teenage girls in the city are having ...

Being saddled with a robot baby didn’t have its intended effect — 210 of the young women who participated in the VIP program went on to become pregnant.

One might think that caring for a robot baby—one that cries and sleeps like a regular human baby—might discourage teenage girls from getting pregnant.

You know how the old saying goes; give a teen a creepy robot baby and she’ll be more likely to fall pregnant. While not a common phrase, it's the conclusion drawn by researchers in a study on ...

Robot Baby Dolls Are Actually Getting Teens Pregnant, Says Study. Study shows robot babies meant to deter teen pregnancy are likely to increase it. Debbie Encalada. August 26, 2016.

"Anthony" cried so hard at night that Susana Ortegon couldn't sleep. The weekend felt like an eternity for the 13-year-old. So when she handed back her "robot baby" it was with great relief. She ...

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The study, published in Lancet, looked at almost 3,000 teenage girls at 57 schools in Australia. The studied teens’ ages ranged from 13-15 years old. 1,267 teen girls used the robot babies in ...

Over three years, 1,267 girls received the robot babies, while 1,567 did not. It’s crucial that the study is a randomized controlled trial instead of just looking at correlations.

So when she handed back her "robot baby" it was with great relief. She had taken part in a program launched by the Caldas municipality in Colombia to try to tackle the problem of teenage pregnancies.