Title:Teen Pregnancy, Abortions Up
The Pregnancy rate in teens in the United States has risen for the first time in more than a decade The pregnancy rate among 15 to 19 year olds has increased by 3%. The abortion rate has also gone up for the first time in a decade. Several experts blamed the sex education programs that focus on encouraging teen abstinence. Some even blame the condoms. But there are many other things to blame, it could be a lot of things coming together.
Reflection-
I feel like there are many things to blame, but sometimes its just the knowledge a girl has. Not all the time a girl dose it just because.
Evidence-
*"Clearly, the nation's collective efforts to convince teens to postpone childbearing must be more creative and more intense, and they must begin today."
*"It could be a lot of things coming together," said Rebecca Maynard, a professor of economics and social policy at the University of Pennsylvania. "It could be we just bottomed out, and whenever you are at the bottom, it tends to wiggle around. This may or may not be a sustained rise."
*Now we know that after 10 years and over $1.5 billion in abstinence-only funding, the U.S. is lurching backwards on teen sexual health," said James Wagoner of Advocates for Youth, a Washington advocacy group.
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