Looks like "Just Say No" works as well for abstience as it did for drugs

[LynneSin]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_he_me/teen_births;_ylt=Aq6p8QWNP3XIQYtKT6Uj7KbVJRIF

First rise in U.S. teen births since '91 By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
Thu Dec 6, 3:47 AM ET



In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bitter debate about abstinence-only sex education.

The birth rate had been dropping since its peak in 1991, although the decline had slowed in recent years. On Wednesday, government statisticians said it rose 3 percent from 2005 to 2006.

The reason for the increase is not clear, and federal health officials said it might be a one-year statistical blip, not the beginning of a new upward trend.

However, some experts said they have been expecting a jump. They blamed it on increased federal funding for abstinence-only health education that doesn't teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception.

Some key sexually transmitted disease rates have been rising, including syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. The rising teen pregnancy rate is part of the same phenomenon, said Dr. Carol Hogue, an Emory University professor of maternal and child health.

"It's not rocket science," she said

[underpants]

1. The reason for the increase is not clear

:eyes:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. If they do a detailed study, they might discover that people like sex.

[madokie]

4. as long as sex is more popular than dying there will be a population explosion

or something like that

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Perhaps they'll introduce public whippings to help the poor girls.

[zabet]

5. When Bill Clinton was president,

the US abortion rate dropped to
its lowest level since 1984. When
Bill took office, the US had 1.6 million
per year, it dropped to 1.3 million
by the end of his first term.
This directly contradicts what the
repukes say. Abortion rates go up
during repuke leadership simply because
they cut funding for underpriviledged
mothers and stop sex education every
chance they get. With lack of sex education,
girls do not know how to protect themselves,
nor how to access the options out there.
The repukes are responsible for the increase
in teen pregnancies and for the increase in
abortions that they call murder.
Spread the word, by their actions, repukes
promote abortion.