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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (497417)	7/22/2009 6:59:58 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1571063

"I think it's pretty obvious that abstinence only sex education is a failure, public policy wise." To everyone except the ideologically blind.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (497417)	7/22/2009 8:11:42 PM
From: Brumar89	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1571063

Teen pregnancy and STD's had been falling up till 2006 (according to ABCNews who quoted the CDC), then began rising, so your timing if off. abcnews.go.com Also see: CDC says teen pregnancy rates rising By Kristi L. Nelson Posted January 7, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. , updated January 7, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. National teen pregnancy rates have risen for the first time in 15 years, said the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a report released today. knoxnews.com Both are highest among minority teens in urban areas. They generally aren't receiving abstinence-only sex ed. Not that that matters. What they're taught in schools has nothing to do with them getting pregnant and STD's. Nearly all sexually active females (98% in 2002) have used at least one method of birth control. .... Black women have the highest teen pregnancy rate (134 per 1,000 women aged 15-19), followed by Hispanics (131 per 1,000) and non-Hispanic whites (48 per 1,000).[27] guttmacher.org