A Super Simple Way To Cut Teen Pregnancy and Abortion Rates by 75%

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45. Good, I'm glad they are. So we can reduce teen pregnancy to European levels or below

[font color=blue]>>Teen pregnancies are already low<<[/font]
in your opinion, speak for yourself. U.S. pregnancy rates are much higher than the rest of the developed world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_teenage_pregnancy

[font color=blue]>>and you would need a huge cash outlay per reduced pregnancy.<<[/font]
I don't think so, would be very interested in seeing such an analysis.

[font color=blue]>>The money would likely be better spent simply providing free condoms to all<<[/font],
With their 18%/year failure rate, uhh, I don't think so.

[font color=blue]>>and reducing poverty<<[/font]
Sounds wonderful. World peace would be great too, as well as a $30 minimum wage and a 0% real unemployment rate.

[font color=blue]>>The other factor not considered is that 2/3 of teen pregnancies are in 18-19 year olds, and the number one reason why teens don't use contraceptives is because it contradicts their religious or moral beliefs (38%, Guttmacher). I just don't see how free IUDs are going to help those young women who likely would not use them anyway.<<[/font]

But sex doesn't contradict there religious or moral beliefs? Anyway, I'm content to work on reducing unintended pregnancies in the other 62%.