“The study showed that Georgia has 53 births for every 1,000 females teens ages 15 to 19 in 2005, which was the latest year available for national comparisons. The report used data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2004, Georgia had the same rate of births; but the numbers have dropped significantly since 1970 when the rate was 98 births for every 1,000 females.”
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“Nationally, experts say they saw declines in the teen birth rate from 1991 to 2005, but have seen an uptick in 2006. State-by-state numbers are not available for 2006.
‘People are quite concerned,’ Moore said. ‘There is the need to refocus.’”
Anyone think it’s a coincidence that the teen birth rate has gone up when all the sex ed most kids get is of the abstinence-only variety? Didn’t think so.
