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Oh look, contraryman still grasping at straws.

Yeah Southerners have such great respect for black people

A complete non sequiter. Congratulations.

dude, you're making a Compound of yourself on this thread. Seriously, defending and rationalizing teen pregnancy. Pretty damn weak, bro.

"The United States government bet on the wrong program to cut down on teenage pregnancies and birth rates. Numerous studies show that teen pregnancies are highest in states where abstinence-only education is standard. The rates dropped in nearly all states and across all racial and ethnic groups.

Texas Governor Rick Perry defended abstinence education in Texas, saying “it works” while statistics rate it with the third-highest teen pregnancy rates in the country.

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle found that teenagers who received some type of comprehensive sex education were 60 percent less likely to get pregnant or get someone else pregnant, while a federal report showed that abstinence-only programs had “no impacts on rates of sexual abstinence," reports Amanda Peterson Beadle for ThinkProgress."

Oh, and here's an interesting little nugget about the state with the lowest teen pregnancy rate:

"New Hampshire, on the other hand, requires comprehensive sex education in schools that includes abstinence and information about condoms and contraception. "

You don't need to get so defensive. I wasn't attacking you or conservatives. I was pointing out that teen pregnancy rates are strongly linked to poverty and that is the likely explanation rather than much to do with religion. There is plenty of data showing that abstinence only sex-ed programs are less effective than programs that teach both abstinence and safe sex. But these programs have less of an impact compared to cultural and socio-economic factors.

A final point. Teen pregnancy rates are not always a predictor of teen sexual activity rates. For example, I know that some years back, Utah had a relatively high teen pregnancy rate even though the rate of teen sexual activity was much lower than other states (Mormon influence). The problem was that those teens who did engage in sex almost never used protection.

See my post above jackass

Inner city teen pregnany rates with their liberal sex ed policies vs bible belt teen pregnancy rates with their conservative sex ed policies.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that teen pregnancy rates have nothing to do with sex ed and everything to do with poverty. Although I'm sure that doesn't fit your narrative?

Pathetic attempt at a walk back

Not necessarily. However there's been some studies that in states that emphasize safer sex, teens are more likely to use condoms than those that are taught abstinence only programs.

I was joking....if you studied my posting history as much as you claim....you know that I use absurdity to point out absurdities.

I frankly tire of people who use idealogy to rationalize everything...as your pathetic attempt at explaining the teen pregnacy rate in the south was.

Oh, you were joking. Funny, funny stuff. Who says conservatives have no sense of humor?

My pathetic attempt at explaining the relatively high preg rates in the south is backed by plenty of scientific literature. Your theory of liberal emigration to the south is not.

Next time you decide to participate in a thread, please do at least a few minutes of research before commenting. It will save you a lot of grief and all of us some time.

So are you a conservative?

Hard at work RP on getting those stats? Inner city preg rates with the liberal sex ed and the bible belt preg rates with the con sex ed?

Im sure it will move your narrative forward.....or probably not.

dodge? this thread is chock full of links to articles discussing the studies that I'm referring to. There is no dodge. There is only your inability to simply admit that didn't know what the hell you were talking about and move on.

That kind of stubborn confidence will serve you well when you go out on your own. lol

Good luck to ya, kid.

Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/impactabstinence.pdf