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[quote=Lucidkitty;22894471]Only the ones in government and ceo's :
Wow. Now that's stereotyping at its finest. Rich cons are pols or CEO's and the rest are barely scraping by, living in the hinterlands clinging to their guns and religion. I hope I didn't misrepresent you're position.
In the old days - there was support groups called extended families...grandmothers - wise old grand dads..uncles ...aunts - etc...If a teen got pregnant - it was a blessing because it was an addition to family - not that I believe..in young people having kids too early - BUT it should not be considered a curse - nor should the girl with child be perseucted..maybe conservatives are just more loyal to family than the state dependant liberals are?
And who exactly do you think foots the bill for those single, unwed mothers to give birth and future pediatrician visits? You may want to consider that before you start painting liberals with a broad, "state dependent" brush.
Any demographics besides "red states"? How about data along race and socio-economic makeup. Maybe poor, black teens in a red state skew the results. Maybe it's rich, white girls. Maybe rich, black girls. Maybe it's the kids from blue states who get sent to live with their aunt in a red state. There is always a back story.
Feel free to find this data and present it.
The aggregate is as the OP presents.
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I see that you got your information from the OP.
Do you have anything to add now?
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Wow. Now that's stereotyping at its finest. Rich cons are pols or CEO's and the rest are barely scraping by, living in the hinterlands clinging to their guns and religion. I hope I didn't misrepresent you're position.
Teen pregnancy may be higher in other states, who knows, but the conservative teens are not getting the abortions. They have decided to fix the problem after the baby is born instead of before and that is their right to decide.
Are you trying to make the laughable statement that no conservatives ever get abortions? Really?
Any demographics besides "red states"? How about data along race and socio-economic makeup. Maybe poor, black teens in a red state skew the results. Maybe it's rich, white girls. Maybe rich, black girls. Maybe it's the kids from blue states who get sent to live with their aunt in a red state. There is always a back story.
Close....latinos have the highest teen birthrate in the nation.
And who exactly do you think foots the bill for those single, unwed mothers to give birth and future pediatrician visits? You may want to consider that before you start painting liberals with a broad, "state dependent" brush.
Just who foots the bill for all those abortions? Just how much taxpayer monies are funneled into planned parenthood again?
No. Teenage pregnancy rates are higher in Red States as well.
Maybe you can't deal with that, and feel the need to come up with an excuse as to why, yet again, Conservative States lag in important quality of life measurements?
If teen birth rates are up it follows logically that teen pregnancy rates are up. That's how babies are made. The only difference is whether the fetuses are Hoovered out or allowed to live.
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If teen birth rates are up it follows logically that teen pregnancy rates are up. That's how babies are made. The only difference is whether the fetuses are Hoovered out or allowed to live.
