Study Looks At Solutions To Teen Pregnancy
Here’s the problem, twelve young women in Spartanburg County are getting pregnant each week.
According to Chrissy Calvert with Reach Upstate that is too many.
“When you have this kind of information thrown in your face it makes you say okay we have to do something else.“
Talking With A Teen Mom
“It was a big shock. I am the one person in school when everyone found out I got pregnant I was the one person they never thought would have.“
Upstate Teen Pregnancy Problem
Some call it a crisis situation. The number of teens having sex and getting pregnant in our communities, but for one Upstate community it is a problem that keeps growing.
Now a new study released about the problem takes a look at what why the problem is so bad.
Survey Debunks Myths About Teen Sex
Study Shows Teenagers Aren’t Engaging in Oral Sex Instead of Intercourse
States Shun Funds For Abstinence Education
Policy Experts Raise Doubts About The Program’s Efficacy And Say The Funding Is Inconsistent.
“Horrors” Found In Tween, Teen Dating
Survey Uncovers Significant Levels Of Physical, Verbal Abuse; Sex At Young Ages; Many Parents In The Dark
Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy raises legal questions
the 16-year-old children’s television star and younger sister of beleaguered pop star Britney Spears—is casting new light on how states deal with the thorny issue of consensual sex among teens.
Teen pregnancies up for first time in 15 years
The report comes after a spate of high-profile teen pregnancies: that of 17-year-old TV star Jamie Lynn Spears, who recently gave birth to a daughter, as well as the pregnancies of numerous students at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts.
