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The Teen Pregnancy and Birth Rates Are Lower Than They Were In The 90s

This is so interesting: From The CDC: The Teen Pregnancy and Birth Rates

"Teen Pregnancy in the United States. In 2013, a total of 273,105 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years, for a live birth rate of 26.5 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is a record low for U.S. teens in this age group, and a drop of 10% from 2012.May 19, 2015"

And the linked page even includes a graph:

The Teen Pregnancy and Birth Rates Are Lower Than They Were In The 90s?

This is a good link too: Trends in Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing

"Between 1990 and 2010 (the most recent year for which data are available), the teen pregnancy rate declined by 51 percent—from 116.9 to 57.4 pregnancies per 1,000 teen girls.[4] According to recent national data, this decline is due to the combination of an increased percentage of adolescents who are waiting to have sexual intercourse and the increased use of contraceptives by teens.[4],[5]"

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  • this is interesting... I like to think it is because as a society, we are learning that abstinence only education is plain silly. People WILL have sex, teens especially, biologically that is when we should be having kids anyway... but society has become waaaay too complex to manage a child at that age at this point, definitely better to wait.

    As I said I hope it is learning to educate teens on how to have safe sex, rather than just telling them they will go to hell if they have sex. But this is just a hope on my part, it would be hard to prove that, especially with how schools still handle the topic...

    • in the states, yeah. And it's reasy to see that it does indeed work. Look to countries like norway, or the rest of scandinavia. Education leads to one of two outcomes. 1. Abstinence 2. Safe sex In both cases it was a reational decission based on knowldedge and education. All we can do is arm the coming generations with the hard fatcs and truths needed to make rational decissions

    • Ya, Scandinavian societies are awesome, but they also could actually use a few teen pregnancies lol, declining population and such. (joking, kind of) The US now has a growing program, I can't recall the name, but it is actually private. It is free, once a week thing kids go to for parents who feel abstinence only is BS. They things about protection, just how easy it is get an STI, but also how to get tested and where and such. they also Actually educate on what exactly the LGBT community is, with special workshops for those that are not straight and such. I would love if they became the normal and schools and for those parents who still believe, they can just have there kids educated by the Church as they clearly want.

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  • that's good to know

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  • This is good for many reasons (Although the data can be better).
    1. Boys and Girls don't become mature til they're in their near 30s (Although many of them believe they are already mature, they don't have their own place, can't pay all their bills, don't even know how to cook to feed themselves and yet they go around calling themselves a "real man" or "real woman").
    2. Me and a lot of other people my age are still learning how to be responsible and being mature.
    That's just my opinion though.

    • You've met people 18+ who don't know how to cook for themselves? Although I could see apartment/bills being hard because of the economy, but making their own food?

    • Yup I have

    • Whoa! What was the oldest age that you've seen?

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  • Thank you call of duty :)

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