Teen Pregnancy Advisor

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, there was recent news that the teen pregnancy rate dropped to a low that was lower than in had been in nearly thirty years. A lot of the credit for this is being given to a peer counseling program that was put in place with the sense that teen girls are going to be more likely to be open to hearing what their peers have to say because it’s a bit less awkward to hear it from girls their own age and a little bit older than from their parents.
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An organization that offers help to South Georgia parents talk with their teens about sex and pregnancy are going to find that there’s support for them.
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In order to effectively reduce teen pregnancy (and the frequency of abortion along with it), it is essential that teens (and others) have access to birth control. While the election of Barack Obama is likely to change the way that sex ed is provided and could overturn decisions that President Bush may make, there is an effort planned by the current administration to further limit a woman’s right to choose - going so far as to eliminate birth control.
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• Teen pregnancy and racy TV the chicken or the egg? http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/529048.html #
• No sex may be the only safe sex, but kids need to know about safer sex practiced: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20081105/OPINI … #
• More TV programming geared toward teens rumored to address teen pregnancy: http://tinyurl.com/6nod7q #

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and a new published study, teen pregnancy can be linked in some ways to the TV watching habits of teens and other young viewers. Ultimately, the result of the study showed that those teens - 12- 17 years old - who watched the most TV programming that included casual sex and casual sexual relationships were twice as likely as peers who didn’t watch the programming to become pregnant.
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• No on 4: Why it’s important. http://tinyurl.com/6363oj #
• Talking with teens to prevent unplanned teen pregnancy. http://tinyurl.com/6fptpp #
• legislating family communication simply doesn’t work (No on 4): http://tinyurl.com/65d6n8 #