Birds and the bees

The teen pregnancy rate is up 3% and people are saying it comes down to education. What do you think? Let me know in the comments section.

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http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2007/12/17/news/news029.txt

"While national experts debate school sex education programs and their effectiveness in preventing teen pregnancy, local school officials are more likely to point to the media and a young person's home life as having an equal or greater influence on what kids are doing these days and whether or not they become teen parents.Last week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new statistics that showed the nation's teen birth rate rose 3 percent from 2005-2006 ; the first time that figure has risen in nearly 15 years. Representatives of some national organizations were quick to blame federally-funded abstinence-only sex education programs that are taught in many schools. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America touted their research that showed abstinence-only programs don't work.But other national groups, such as the Family Research Council, said contraceptive-focused sex ed is still common and that is why the teen birth rate jumped last year."