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Abstinence Education and the Rise in Teen Birth Rates

The CDC has recently released a report, "Births: Final Data for 2006," that revealed a 3% increase in the teen birth rate from 2005 to 2006.[1] Some reports in the popular press have asked whether this represents a failure of abstinence education. Many of you may have wondered the same thing. There is not a simple response to this question, but here are several things that we think you should consider...

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