Teen Pregnancy Up After 10-Year Decline

An oldie, but goodie... teenage prego. Of course we know what causes pregnancy, we just have different means of trying to circumnavigate the issue. So what does Reuters say about it?

"There were 71 pregnancies per 1,000 U.S. girls aged 15-19. In 2006, 7 percent of all teenage girls got pregnant..."

71 out of 1000! I guess that shouldn't surprise me since my son has a daycare at his school. And what would the experts say may attribute to the rise in pregnancy?

"It's interesting to note that this flattening out of the rate and the increase in the rate is happening at the same time that we've seen substantial increases in funding for abstinence-only programs," Finer said.

"We do know that when we saw the big decline in the '90s, that a lot of that decline was due to improved contraceptive use among teens."

You mean to tell me that instead of giving them a Sunday school lesson, you can actually lower pregnancy rates by teaching about contraception? I guess social conservatives just love babies 'cause their program sure offers a better chance of making babies. Pay for abstinence-only programs... get more babies... increase the chance that you'll pay for some baby that's not your own... what a marvelous idea!