Does Abstinence Only Sex Education Work

The bible belt appears to be awash in teen mothers.  Barring real sex education appears to be a strategy to multiply the religious contingient in the US.  From the AP storyOriginal CDC study

Teenage Pregnancy Rate By State

Teenage Pregnancy Rate By State

Mississippi has the highest birth rate, and the report does not indicate why.  The data is for 2006, 6 months after Katrina hit.    I speculate that there may be a connection.  “Why not we are going to die anyway.”

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