Teen pregnancies at 30-year low

Chicago Tribune ^ | June 29, 2008 | Lisa Anderson

[dila813]

NEW YORK — News of a cluster of at least 17 pregnant teenagers at a Massachusetts high school recently made headlines around the world, but it came at a time when teen pregnancies and abortions in the United States actually are at their lowest points in 30 years. Pregnancies — whether they end in birth, miscarriage or abortion — among women age 15 to 19 dropped to 72.2 per 1,000 women in 2004, down from a peak of 117 per 1,000 women in 1990, according to the latest data compiled by New York's Guttmacher Institute, which focuses on reproductive health research, policy analysis and education. While some 700,000 women age 15 to 19 become pregnant every year, the rate has declined 36 percent since it peaked in 1990.

[dila813]

"Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, thought it unlikely that on-site day-care would prompt a student to get pregnant. It is more likely, she said, that the government's sole emphasis on and funding for abstinence-only programs over the past decade has contributed to the stall in progress."

Can't take the good news, got to spin it.

[kingu]

Being that I don’t personally care if adults get pregnant, can they stop including the 18-19 year olds in these studies? As there is nothing to fix with adults doing adult things.

[donna]

Do we believe stats reported by Planned Parenthood?

[bruinbirdman]

"Teen pregnancies at 30-year low"

Illigitimate births at record high 40+%.

yitbos

[Ben Reyes]

That’s the good news.
The bad news is condom ed works.

[the invisib1e hand]

News of a cluster of at least 17 pregnant teenagers at a Massachusetts high school recently made headlines around the world, but it came at a time when teen pregnancies and abortions in the United States actually are at their lowest points in 30 years.

The cynic in me says they're trying to make abortion a non-issue.

[Neidermeyer]

Do we believe stats reported by Planned Parenthood?
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Believe the data , ignore the spin provided with the data..

[AmericaUnited]

Teen pregnancies at 30-year low

I guess that's because a majority of teenage boys are getting it on with their middle age teachers :)

[Will88]

Chart this trend since Welfare Reform was forced on Bill Clinton and you’ll likely find the answers. No more free ride until kids are eighteen is assured to those giving birth out of wedlock.

[dila813]

good point