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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 08:44 PM Mar 2013

States With The Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Lack Adequate Sex Ed Requirements

States With The Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Lack Adequate Sex Ed Requirements

Teen pregnancies have fallen to record lows. But according to a new report from Guttmacher Institute that breaks out data by each state, the decline is uneven across the country. New Mexico had the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation in 2008 (the latest available data), followed by Mississippi, Texas, Nevada, Arkansas, and Arizona: ...

Full article and charts/maps here: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/01/1640851/states-teen-pregnancy-rates/

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States With The Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Lack Adequate Sex Ed Requirements (Original Post) Tx4obama Mar 2013 OP

No surprise with Mississippi and Texas freethought Mar 2013 #1

. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #2

freethought

(2,457 posts)

1. No surprise with Mississippi and Texas

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Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:02 PM

Mar 2013

I have to admit that New Mexico is somewhat of a surprise.

States with lowest teen birth rates:

1. New Hampshire
2. Vermont
3. Minnesota
4. North Dakota
5. Massachusetts

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

2. .

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Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:27 AM

Mar 2013

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