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Old 07-29-2009, 07:29 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Caltep View Post
Wonder if all of the Planned Parenthood offices closing will impact the teen pregnancy rate. I wondered about the teen pregnancy thing. Maybe I was not aware of it anywhere else, but I did notice this among the young folks here. I have met several students at UTEP who have stopped because they had a child in their 18-21 age range and stay out for 1 or more years..many times while they are out, they have one or two more. These are young people who are a little more intelligent, driven, and informed so I am amazed at how many still become pregnant and disrupt their education because of this. But, it does not see so tramautic here. Maybe it's because of the observation you made in your post...a source of pride.
I doubt Planned Parenthood closing will have any effect as it sure didn't lower the unwed or teen birth rates here.

The births here are planned, there is no stigma against having children while single. Ending the many welfare handouts would have much more effect on the high illegitimate birth rates and lack of work ethic.
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