About 820,000 teenagers in the U.S. are pregnant each year. Eighty percent aren't married, and one-third of those mothers graduate and get their diplomas. What can be done to prevent these troubling figures?
There's abstinence, educating yourself, talking with your doctor and your parents to know your risks, saying "no" and using protection. As a family, talk about it.
Kathy Rodriguez
Payson
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What's troubling is that you're trying to get us all scared over this issue. Why did you leave out the simple fact that teen pregnancy has actually been on the decline for 2 decades? Oh yeah, cuz it would ruin your agenda.
Well, with comprehensive sex education in school (relax, it can be opt out...) then we won't have to worry about parents being unable or unwilling to have these discussions with their kids.
The even better reason to have sex education in school is that kids will get accurate information.
Abstinence is great, works until is doesn't but it's been proven over and over that education reduces abortions.