Showing posts with label birth rate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birth rate. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Mississippi has highest teen birth rate

Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

ATLANTA – Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Full story
HERE.

Good to see that 'abstinence only' sex education policy is working SO well for them!

Ironic that the south, bastion of 'family values' and leading the country in refusing to teach kids the specifics about condoms and birth control, always seems to lead when it comes to the teenage birthrate.