Teen pregnancies tied to tastes for sexy TV shows

Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes. "Sex and the City," anyone? That was one of the shows used in the research.

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All those young ladies are moms or moms-to-be at Paul Robeson High School. It's not a school for young mothers, it's a neighborhood school. And all of the pregnancies have happened, despite prevention talk.

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excerpt: ""Last night, we reported that South Carolina has among the country's worst women's reproductive health care. Rates of teen pregnancy, low birth weight infants, and infant mortality that are among the highest in the country.

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Should Sex Education be Taught in Schools? If so, When?

Now I know this can be a hot button topic so I'll say this right up front. Disagree all you want but if you can't be civil don't even bother posting. I welcome all comments that don't belittle or attack another Viner and look forward to learning something.

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Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion.

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I Am Not A Sarah Palin Fan, But Come ON!

Does the name Levi Johnston sound familiar to you? If you have any idea who this person is by name alone, then you are way ahead of me; that is until I clicked on MSNBC headlines around 6:00 A.M. yesterday morning.

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American youths suffer among the industrialized world's worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though the United States spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicate …

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Dallas leads the nation in the percentage of teen births that aren't the mother's first delivery, a nonpartisan national research group finds in a new report.

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American conservatism could be described as a movement of denialogues, people whose ideology is based on disavowing physical realities. This applies to their views on evolution, climate change, foreign affairs and fiscal policy.

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a new Centre for Disease Control and Prevention report introduces its finding that rates of teen pregnancy and STDs are, after more than a decade of decline, once again on the rise. This news is, of course, not really news at all.

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I guess we are going to see teen pregnancy and STDs continue to rise until we get frank, factual sex ed re-introduced into our schools.

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mom thinks daughter got pregnant by sperm in a swimming pool.

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Religious "Abstinence Only" Programs Worst Option for Lowering Teen Pregnancies

A recent study has correlated a rise in teen pregnancy rates with the religious-based "abstinence only" programs during the Bush years.

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Question of the Day #1

"If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex, Trust me. Nobody." - Bristol Palin on teen pregnancy. What did Bristol mean by this quote?

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A FILM clip made for the UK's National Health Service has drawn criticism for its graphic depiction of a schoolgirl giving birth in a playground while being watched by students.

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Teen pregnancy is on the rise again and is caused by inexperience in life and sex education. Teaching small children about sex does not help them, for they lack the capacity to understand. Reputations are formed in early adulthood and may follow one all of their lives.

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Abortion and unplanned sex in a short form.

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The largest federal abstinence-until-marriage programs began 12 years ago when Republicans inserted funding for them into the 1996 welfare reform act. Under the Bush administration, the programs thrived, growing from $80 million in 2001 to $176 million in 2008.

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The President's FY2010 budget was released this morning (you can search through all 1376 pages here) and among the proposed changes it includes is the elimination of Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) funding.

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The 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been appointed as a Teen Ambassador for The Candie's Foundation.

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The rate at which teenage girls in the United States are having babies has risen for a second year in a row, government statistics show, putting one of the nation's most successful social and public health campaigns in jeopardy.

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Excerpt: Veterinary and medical professionals in Wisconsin said Friday that they have been warned about a potentially alarming practice among the state's rural youth: teenage girls ingesting livestock drugs to cheaply and discreetly end their unwanted pregnancies.

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Working in a hospital brings exposure to the human condition in the way that no other job can. Of course you see birth and death, but you also see the results of human foibles like rage, anger and despair. All too often, mental illness plays a (usually harmful) role.

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Washington, DC (18 March 2009) – American Life League is reporting an alarming trend in Wisconsin – teenagers drinking large farm animal veterinary medication to self-induce abortions.

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Hmmm.... unwed teen pregnancy. It's a good thing Sarah taught her abstinence.... wait a minute......

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According to this study sex on television appears to be linked to teen pregnancy, the study goes on to say that parents should limit the amount of their teens exposure to sex on television, along with magazines, and music.

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