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Bristol Palin Warns Teens: It's Tough to Be a Mom
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (April 7) - Bristol Palin says that if girls knew how tough it was to be a mom, they'd think twice about having sex. The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she has chosen to practice abstinence herself, until marriage. Bristol Palin, who once said it was unrealistic to ask young people to abstain from sex, said in an interview with The Associated Press that it's realistic for her personally. "I know it's realistic to ask myself that, because I know I'm not going to until I'm married," she said. Palin gave birth to a son, Tripp, in December 2008 and says ...
Abstinence-Only Programs Delay Sexual Activity, Study Says
By David Sessions - Politics DailySex education programs that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can persuade a significant number to delay sexual activity, according to a landmark study published Monday, the Washington Post reports. The study could have an impact on the debate over sex education in the United States, where several opposing methods contend for funding and legitimacy.Only a third of the sixth- and seventh-graders who participated in an abstinence-only program started having sex in the next two years, the study found, while nearly half the students who attended other classes became sexually ...
Teen Pregnancies Up; Is Abstinence-Only Emphasis a Reason?
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAfter years of declines in teen pregnancy rates, a new study shows that rates of both teen pregnancies and abortions have begun to rise again. A report released on Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute shows that in 2006, almost 72 out of 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 had a pregnancy -- the highest figure in a decade and a 3 percent increase over the year before. The teen pregnancy rate reached its highest point in 1990, when almost 117 out of 1,000 girls between 15 and 19 had a pregnancy. Rates declined in the 90s, then remained relatively steady until 2005, before picking up ...
Teen Pregnancy, Abortion Rise for First Time in Years
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Jan. 26) -- New figures show a reversal in the years-long trend of declining teen pregnancy in the United States. Pregnancy and abortion rates for 15-to-19-year-olds increased for the first time in more than a decade in 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available. The numbers compiled by the Guttmacher Institute are "deeply troubling," according to Heather Boonstra, a senior public policy associate for the reproductive health research group. She linked the increase to the Bush administration's emphasis on abstinence-only sex education programs, which her organization ...
Teen Pregnancy, Abortion Rates Climb, Reversing Downward Trend
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. rose 3 percent in 2006, reversing a downward trend that began in the 1990s, USA Today reports. According to new data released Tuesday, pregnancy and abortion rates were higher across all demographics; the falling rates that preceded the change had also occurred across the board. About 7 percent of girls aged 15-19 became pregnant in 2006. When the numbers peaked in 1990, about 12 percent were pregnant. The data showed a 1 percent rise in the abortion rate among teens. ...
Parents Are Failing at Sex Education, Study Finds
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- When it comes to discussing sex with their children, many American parents are saying too little, too late, a new study says. According to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics, more than 40 percent of adolescents surveyed said they had already had intercourse by the time their parents talked to them about sex, if they talked to them at all. "Parents aren't the best at judging when their kids are growing up," said Dr. Mark Schuster, chief of general pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston and the study's primary author. "And it's often hard for them to accept that ...
Celibacy and Subliminal Slushie Facials on 'Glee'
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailyIf only a grape-flavored Big Gulp could solve all the world's problems. Last night's "Glee" found McKinley High's "it couple" -- Finn and Quinn (seriously) -- on the wrong side of a "slushie facial" -- the school's sticky iteration of social justice. Ostensibly, the quarterback and head cheerleader fell to the bottom of the pubescent pecking order because they're members of the glee club, but then there's also the matter of the baby in Quinn's belly. "Oh, I've wanted to do that that since fifth grade when you made fun of me for getting pubes," says the slushi slinger to the now slushie-faced ...
The Right According to Condi
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailySpeaking of kids saying (or asking) the darndest things, on Sunday The New York Times ran a "thank God this isn't another sexting" story about North Carolina's 24-hour sex text-line aptly named "The Birds and Bees." ...
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