Author Topic: Teen Birth-Rate Increases Significantly in 26 States (Read 5288 times)

Flannel Boy · « **on:** January 08, 2009, 06:48:22 PM »

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-07-teenbirths_N.htm

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The newest and most detailed data on teen birth rates shows significant increases in 26 states and represents most regions of the USA.

The federal data — largely from birth certificates — shows widespread statistically significant increases for 2006, the most recent year for which data are available. In the two previous years — from 2004 to 2005 and from 2003 to 2004 — only one state in each year (Tennessee and South Dakota) had a significant increase.

Good jon.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2009, 06:51:48 PM »

People are poor. Sex is a cheap entertainment alternative!

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2009, 06:54:53 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 06:51:48 PM

People are poor. Sex is a cheap entertainment alternative!

The most recent data is from 2006, before the economy went in the toilet.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2009, 06:56:55 PM »

I got nothing.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2009, 06:59:04 PM »

Do schools in the US give out free condoms? Not that I need any, but my school's health clinic has a giant basket of condoms.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »

Depends on the state and county. Some places are pretty conservative, and believe that free birth control condones premarital and underaged sex. Most colleges give away free condoms. I don't think I paid for a condom 'till I was like 22-years-old.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:05:04 PM »

I blame MySpace and general teenage stupidity

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:06:25 PM »

Quote from: Night Man on January 08, 2009, 06:54:53 PM

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 06:51:48 PM
People are poor. Sex is a cheap entertainment alternative!
The most recent data is from 2006, before the economy went in the toilet.

That's when democrats took control of congress btw. Bush's hands were tied

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #8 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:08:34 PM »

I will say that a lack of proper birth control amongst young people nowadays is pretty startling. I mean, I know people directly that don't use birth control. That blows my mind.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #9 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:08:58 PM »

Wilco how many states have you been to in the last few years?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:09:45 PM »

Past few years? Maybe about a dozen.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:10:09 PM »

A lot of people don't use birth control, Willco.

I don't really blame a lack of sex ed for this but I do know that a lot of guys think condoms are little getting into a shower with your socks on and think that if they master the pull out method, they will be ok. That and assume that their girlfriends are taking their birth control regularly, which is definitely not the case in a lot of instances.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #12 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:11:06 PM »

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The highest teen birth rates are in the South and Southwest; Mississippi is highest with 68.4 per 1,000, followed by New Mexico, with a rate of 64.1 and Texas, with 63.1. The lowest rates are in the Northeast. New Hampshire had the fewest teen births with 18.7 per 1,000. Vermont, with 20.8 per 1,000, and Massachusetts, with 21.3 per 1,000, were also low. Decreases were noted in New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

Red states am cry.

I'm more interested in the number of fathers that stayed around.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #13 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:12:00 PM »

Yeah, never place all the responsibility on your partner. That's asking for a disaster.

... I just don't understand why folks wouldn't use a condom or anything, really in today's society. Forget just the simple risk of pregnancy - which sucks balls! - but all the shit you can catch from other people? Dear God!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #14 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:12:45 PM »

He's raising a jew army! I'd be terrified if jewish girls with guns didn't turn me on so much. Just make sure terrorists don't get your daughters wilco and the world will be yours.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #15 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:14:12 PM »

I am spreading my Hebrew seed across the Midwest, trying to obliterate antisemitism by assimilating middle America into our cultural war against Muslims and people who watch Frasier.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #16 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:16:15 PM »

jews don't like Frasier? man and I was just about to cut off the end of my dick so I could make it with your daughters. :'(

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:23:22 PM »

Frasier is too high brow for the Midwest

Beardo · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:27:08 PM »

Who the fuck uses condoms. Even I know that condoms suck and my high school days are long gone.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #19 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:37:41 PM »

I think Beardo is being deliberately obtuse

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:46:35 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on January 08, 2009, 07:40:03 PM

Thank god Obama is in favor of forced abortions for southerners

too late

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:50:11 PM »

Thanks a lot, Juno. :'(

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:05:32 PM »

Juno came out in 2006?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:06:31 PM »

I avoided the reference because it came out in 2007, but that's because I'm so smrt.

Rman · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:06:57 PM »

Condoms? Birth Control?

I forgot that teens aren't rational beings.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #25 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:08:52 PM »

Putting a condom on isn't that hard, nor does it take a lot of thought. Less so for the pill. That's a dumb argument.

Plus, unprotected sex is obviously on the rise - when information has never been more available. What's the theory then? Teenagers are getting dumber?

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:09:03 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:11:34 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 10:08:52 PM

Putting a condom on isn't that hard.

says you :'(

demi · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:12:19 PM »

^ lol

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #29 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:12:41 PM »

The difficulty is getting an opportunity to use the condom.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #30 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:13:06 PM »

Arvie has to use a black trash bag and rubberbands apparently.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:14:06 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 10:13:06 PM

Arvie has to use a black trash bag and rubberbands apparently.

well I don't fit the roll.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #32 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:14:55 PM »

Can't get inside a toilet roll or a vagina.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I did the test, too. Can't fit it in either.

[close]

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:17:09 PM »

I am sure that will make great dinner conversation.

* Arvie leans over and whispers...

"I don't fit in the tube." ^_^

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #34 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:18:41 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 08, 2009, 10:17:09 PM

I am sure that will make great dinner conversation.

* Arvie leans over and whispers...

"I don't fit in the tube." ^_^

"By the way, can I use your washroom?"

"NO!"

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #35 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:21:40 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 08, 2009, 10:17:09 PM

I am sure that will make great online sex.

BigBoyMike119:* Arvie leans over and whispers...

BigBoyMike119:I don't fit in the tub. ^_^

SexyCheapRussian69: I don't do fatties.
SexyCheapRussian69 left the room

BigBoyMike119: :'(

demi · « **Reply #36 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:22:12 PM »

^ lol, thats good too

TVC15 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:29:49 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 10:08:52 PM

Putting a condom on isn't that hard, nor does it take a lot of thought. Less so for the pill. That's a dumb argument.

Plus, unprotected sex is obviously on the rise - when information has never been more available. What's the theory then? Teenagers are getting dumber?

Emphasis being placed on abstinence only sex ed, I'd imagine. If I was a teenager and I had the opportunity to make fuck, I doubt I'd research safe sex. Why research safe sex when you can be doing something more productive, like beating off?

And without being able to back this statement up, I think that even if they do know the risks, the "it can't happen to me" effect is in play. Teenagers are too young and inexperienced in life to know that yes, bad things can and will happen to you.

In other words, kids should just be sapped in the back of the head and kept locked in the basement when they are between the ages of about 12 and 25.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #38 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:31:51 PM »

I'm a big fan of putting children into slave labor camps to shore up our infrastructure in a time of economic downturn.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #39 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:34:15 PM »

Kids today don't know how to open a condom package; do you want them constructing your bridges?

TVC15 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:34:24 PM »

Totally. It's not like you learn anything remotely useful in high school anyway. If I were president, I'd make it legal for teenagers to be put to work in sweatshops. That way we could combat the efficient Chinese cheap crap manufacturing juggernaut.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #41 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:37:17 PM »

Quote from: Night Man on January 08, 2009, 10:34:15 PM

Kids today don't know how to open a condom package; do you want them constructing your bridges?

Physical labor does not require thought. I'm not saying we'd make them engineers, just grunt workers to put together our roads and bridges. Then we'd use them to create goods to export and undercut the Chinese manufacturers for apparel, electronics, etc. They will learn a valuable set of tools and won't have any spare time to procreate on account of their sheer exhaustion from pushing bricks and sewing up my new Nikes.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #42 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:51:10 PM »

It's scary how simpatico Willco and White Man are.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #43 on:** January 08, 2009, 11:03:45 PM »

I've always thought he was a long lost brother. We have a distant sibling relationship. I both admire and love him, and hate him with pure jealously. It's what makes our relationship work. That, and Arvie is our sex butler.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #44 on:** January 08, 2009, 11:05:09 PM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on January 08, 2009, 10:41:12 PM

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 07:03:00 PM
I don't think had the opportunity to use a condom 'till I was like 22-years-old.

Fixed.

Anyway, please use condoms people, especially if you have a bunny. Don't be like me.

You wish. I was already spreading my Jewish seed across the land well before then. Fear for your daughters, pure bloods! The wrath of the God of Moses is upon you!

My first sexual encounter was awful. I'm pretty sure I've recounted it on here before. It's like BrandNew-type pathetic.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #45 on:** January 08, 2009, 11:12:41 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 11:05:09 PM

My first sexual encounter was awful. I'm pretty sure I've recounted it on here before. It's like BrandNew-type pathetic.

Does that mean you had sex with a look-a-like? A relative?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #46 on:** January 08, 2009, 11:19:42 PM »

No, I lost my virginity to a broad that I was head-over-heels for MONTHS (where my infatuation created an unrealistic portrayal of who she really was) at a party. It was awkward and short, and when I came back - she was gone. Totally ditched me.

I spent a good portion of the evening looking for her and I found her... out by the guest house being fingercuffed by two members of the lacrosse team.

That image is permanently seared into my brain.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #47 on:** January 08, 2009, 11:31:23 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 11:03:45 PM

I've always thought he was a long lost brother. We have a distant sibling relationship. I both admire and love him, and hate him with pure jealously. It's what makes our relationship work. That, and Arvie is our sex butler.

I'm only working for you so I can marry your daughter, Laban.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #48 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:55:43 AM »

I don't understand peoples' deal with using protection. I've been getting it regularly for like 6 years and no babies yet. THE PILL IS A MAGICAL THING! Really. You can get it for free and confidentially. I just...wtf people.

demi · « **Reply #49 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:56:24 AM »

Do you pee after sex, Nikki?

TVC15 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:04:11 AM »

The antibiotics I'm on apparently reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. What would happen if I started taking them? Would I sprout a vagine?

TEEEPO · « **Reply #51 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:06:48 AM »

hopefully.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #52 on:** January 09, 2009, 03:50:47 AM »

Quote from: demi on January 09, 2009, 02:56:24 AM

Do you pee after sex, Nikki?

Sometimes.

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 09, 2009, 03:04:11 AM

The antibiotics I'm on apparently reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. What would happen if I started taking them? Would I sprout a vagine?

Started taking birth control pills? I think they make man boobs grow a little and will let you lose some body hair, but I'm not certain. I've only ever been a female who takes birth control pills.

demi · « **Reply #53 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:00:41 AM »

Awesome.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #54 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:52:51 AM »

fuck demi.

demi · « **Reply #55 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:55:04 AM »

That's how I roll...

Tauntaun · « **Reply #56 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:55:53 AM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on January 09, 2009, 09:52:51 AM

fuck demi.

UTI's are serious business.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #57 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:14:31 PM »

Quote from: Tauntaun on January 09, 2009, 09:55:53 AM

Quote from: Father_Mike on January 09, 2009, 09:52:51 AM
fuck demi.

UTI's are serious business.

I don't know what your saying.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #58 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:34:46 PM »

Haven't rates fallen for like 15 years in a row? Wasn't it just probable that they would begin to rise again?

The birth rate rose by 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 among 15-to-19-year-old girls, after plummeting 34 percent between 1991 and 2005

It is interesting that the last time these rates spiked was during the late 80's (Reagan/Bush), who pushed pro-abstinence programs and now again with another administration that pushes the pro-abstinence programs.

drozmight · « **Reply #59 on:** January 09, 2009, 02:38:08 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 08, 2009, 07:03:00 PM

Depends on the state and county. Some places are pretty conservative, and believe that free birth control condones premarital and underaged sex. Most colleges give away free condoms. I don't think I paid for a condom 'till I was like 22-years-old.

Like you had sex in college!

OHHHHHHHH... slamed.

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Author Topic: Teen Birth-Rate Increases Significantly in 26 States (Read 5288 times)