| Mississippi To Make Teen Pregnancy Problem Worse Aug 5th 2012, 16:16 http://www.care2.com/causes/mississi...lem-worse.html Abstinence only....the ignorant fucktards.... Quote:
Mississippi has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the nation and there's no reason to think those numbers are changing anytime soon. More than half of the state's school districts have chosen an abstinence-only approach to sex ed, staring in the fall.
In total eighty-one districts will teach teens absolutely nothing about smart sexual health and education. Of those districts seventy-one have chosen abstinence-plus programs which could include a brief mention of contraception but would not demonstrate correct birth control usage such as condom demonstrations.
The state's largest school district, DeSoto County, chose abstinence-only. The second-largest district, in the city of Jackson, chose abstinence-plus.
A study released last fall by nonprofits in the state showed births to teen or preteen mothers cost Mississippi $154.9 million in 2009. That included increased costs of foster care, social services and incarceration for young people born years ago to teen moms. It also took into account lost revenue from people who have lower levels of education and lower-paying jobs because they became parents when they were younger than 20.
The study was done by a nonprofit, nonpartisan group called the Mississippi Economic Policy Center and was sponsored by the Women's Fund of Mississippi. It was also supported by Mississippi First, an advocacy group for health and education issues.
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