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When I and my girls friends were teens back in the paleolithic we did not want to have or raise kids so we took care to avoid the problem with the best pre birth control pill technoliogy available. It must have worked because I did not start any kids. We did not resist any of our urges.
So you used the "baby, I'll pull out. I promise" technique?
That can be solved though education and easy access to birth control and condoms, go figure.
It can? So then the white teens somehow magically have more easy access to birth control, condoms, and education than the minorities do? Who knew......
It can? So then the white teens somehow magically have more easy access to birth control, condoms, and education than the minorities do? Who knew......
Well it isn't magic, but now you know. Though teen birth rates had been going down with minorities, which shows that it is starting to work.
It is amazing that sex education and access to birth control and condoms goes a long way with teens rather than pretending that only the bad teens have sex.
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However, the Hispanic and Black teen birthrates are more than double that of Whites. Go figure.......
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That can be solved though education and easy access to birth control and condoms, go figure.
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I'd also add that education and access to birth control play a major role.
It's my belief education and access come after wealth, not before.
Actually, the article I read on NPR said nothing about increased access to birth control or increased sex education being the driver of the decreased teen pregnancy rate. Instead, it said that "In addition to the effects that a weak economy may be having on teen pregnancies, experts have also credited educational efforts about the costs and consequences of pregnancy for the decline." Teen Pregnancies Continue To Decline, New Report Shows : The Two-Way : NPR
Now granted, it could be both. However, in a rare event similar to a major eclipse, I agree with pghquest that condoms and BCP have been available for some time now.
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