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Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives sent the overall teen pregnancy rate to its lowest level since at least 1972, a study showed on Wednesday.
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That translated into a pregnancy rate of 67.8 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the researchers said, the lowest pregnancy rate seen since 1972, the year before the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that established a woman's right to an abortion.
It was also down 42 percent from 1990, when teen pregnancies peaked at 116.9 per 1,000 teen girls and women.
The teen abortion rate in 2008 dropped to the lowest rate seen since 1972 at 17.8 per 1,000 teen girls and women, the analysis found, and was down 59 percent from 1988 when the abortion rate peaked at 43.5 per 1,000 teen women.
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The Guttmacher researchers said the decline in teen birthrates was largely attributable to increased contraceptive use by teens of both genders
Abortions at record low, teen pregnancies at record low... most attributable to the use of contraception.
Kind of makes you wonder why the Catholic Church is fighting the contraception thing so hard.
Clearly, increased use of contraception = fewer abortions.
Kind of makes you wonder if it doesn't have more to do with maintaining women subjugated than saving unborn babies.
You didn't mention the fact that sexual activity is also falling among teenagers.
How can people be talking about 1 in 6 or 1 in 5 teenagers will be pregnant before the year is over? I guess these people don't know their butts from page 9, huh?
How can people be talking about 1 in 6 or 1 in 5 teenagers will be pregnant before the year is over? I guess these people don't know their butts from page 9, huh?
Why are you posters on the Politics forum so sarcastic and snarky?
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