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To: greenspirit who wrote (533200)	4/11/2013 9:47:34 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794033

You forgot there's positive news too, that teen pregnancy rates are dropping according studies & it’s mainly due to better use of birth control. Teens are using more effective forms of contraception and many are using two forms of control like male condoms combined with a female contraceptive. This is a good thing anyway one wants to analyse. Studies found that for 18- and 19-year-olds, the drop in the pregnancy rate from 1995 and 2002 was almost entirely due to increased use of birth control. For teens age 15 to 17, about three-fourths of the decline in pregnancy was due to increased contraceptive use. One-fourth was due to reduced sexual activity and we've seen highest declines in abortions since it was made legal recently. More research is needed to identify all the complex factors behind the disparities in teen pregnancy and its outcomes. But common sense suggests that access to sex education and to effective contraceptives must play a part , i certainly think common sense rules & this practice should only be encouraged. It would be hard for me to find anyone objecting to this trend in pregnancy prevention as one of the simplest approaches to lowering abortion rates , an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the trends are very encouraging from just 10yrs ago, its real & no one's rationalizing here.