Teen births are at their lowest level in almost 70 years. There are a lot of use of contraceptives and there is a lot more safe sex. The new analysis, based on 2010 preliminary data, shows a range in birthrates among racial and ethnic groups, from 10.9 for Asians to 23.5 for whites, 51.5 for blacks and 55.7 for Hispanics.The analysis comes at a time when contraception is a hot political debate, from a congressional investigation of whether federal money pays for abortions to concern among some church leaders over an Obama administration mandate that all health insurance cover birth control.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120410/LIVING01/120410004/Birthrate-U-S-teens-lowest-history
This is a good thing because obviously nobody likes teen pregnancies. It's a good thing that it's a low becasue it shows that teens are being more careful or staying away from it all together. Hopefully it keeps up and the pregnancy rate continues to stay at a low.
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