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How would different religions react to a teenage pregnancy?

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Likewise, he said, it was possible that "conservative religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging use of contraception among their teen community members than in discouraging sexual intercourse itself. read more

I think that most religions wouldn’t give a rat’s behind about teen pregnancy. What they would have a cow about is ‘unmarried’ teen pregnancy. From my perspective, very few major ‘religions’ really care about young women having children during their teens. read more

Teen birth rate is highly correlated with religiosity at the state level, with more religious states having a higher rate of teen birth, an analysis showed. Teen birth rate is highly correlated with religiosity at the state level, with more religious states having a higher rate of teen birth, an analysis showed. read more

In a report released in 2001, Keeping the Faith: The Role of Religion and Faith Communities in Preventing Teen Pregnancy, teenagers indicated that their morals, values and/or religious beliefs were more of an impact on their decision whether or not to have sex than their worries about STDs or their fear of pregnancy. read more

The more religious the state, the higher the rates of teen pregnancy.” Actually, this is exactly what I expected when I read the title of the post. I would think this correlation between religion and teen pregnancy results from a combination of factors like the ones Lisa listed in the posting; the most important being the lack of sexual education. read more

Teen Pregnancy 2013, the teen birth rate for girls in the age group of 10-14 was 0.4 per 1,000 girls in 2012 with no significant change between 2011-2012, and an overall decrease of 71 percent since 1991. read more

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