Posted on 08/28/2014 6:37:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Heretofore, the official line has been that abortion and birth control have been the driving forces in the decline in teen births. The facts, though, have been consistently pointed out (here, here, here, here and here) that both contraception and abortion have been constants throughout the time periods covered by CDC and that the new factor in the equation is more effective and widespread abstinence education. The facts about the success of the more sophisticated abstinence campaigns are further developed in two major reports (here and here).
My analysis of the CDC data in the following graphs documents dramatic downward trends: the birthrate for girls under 15 has declined by 79 percent since the peak in 1990, the unwed birthrate for girls 15 to 17 has declined by 62 percent from the peak in 1994,
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LOL!!! Smart, Mary Anne. Real wisdom there.
I’d like to think so, but more likely it’s because they are now handing out birth control like JuJuBees.
Agreed. It isn't a new found morality. Teens are more sexualized than ever.
There is NOTHING wrong with “teen births”. The problem is OUT OF WEDLOCK births.
My mother was a teen mother. Married in at 18 and two months, delivered at 19 and one month. VERY common in the comparatively stable ‘50s.
Agreed. If this guy thinks teens are being abstinent he clearly doesn’t know any teens.
Don’t want ‘em? don’t make ‘em.
Anyone who believes otherwise just is kidding themselves
Nope, the experts are missing the real cause. Teen births are down because of video games. Get an X-Box, and your kid will never leave the house.
The shy, studious, nerdy, religious types my kids hang out with don’t want to get involved with sex until they’re older.
Maybe their hormones haven’t fully kicked in yet, but I think they also have had good parents who have made their expectations clear.
BTW, my kids are in public school, so they know promiscuous people, but they think they are losers.
Those things have always been true.
Kids are having just as much sex now as they were 15 years ago.
Anyone who believes that they’re having LESS sex enough to explain the pregnancy/abortion rate hasn’t been paying attention.
Particularly in the demographic that considers teen pregnancy and birth to be a career move that guarantees food, housing and medical care if not a stipend indefinitely. That demographic’s birth rate is down as well. I’m not easily convinced it’s due to their having decided to attend the local JUCO and get associates degrees in bookkeeping.
It’s because half the country is gay or lesbian. Trust me on this. The media wouldn’t lie about these “facts”. Sarc.
The abortion rate is also down.
Actually even when you consider Teen Pregnancy, the good news is ABORTION RATES ARE DOWN AS WELL.
SEE HERE:
https://guttmacher.org/media/nr/2014/02/03/index.html
U.S. ABORTION RATE HITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1973
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