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Conservatives Choose More Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion over Better Birth Control for Teens

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Fewer pregnant teens, fewer abortions, fewer unwed mothers, fewer single-parent families on welfare, more balanced state budgets. Sounds like a set of goals that should be common ground for anyone who cares about America’s future, right? Apparently not. Fox News, … Continue reading

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Where the Wild Things Are–Family Planning Conversations on Teen Turf

Part 5 of the series Teen Pregnancy:  Going . . . Going . . .   No one birth control method fits everyone, but today young women have better options than ever before. Across the United States, from New York to South … Continue reading

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Say Anything — A Powerful New Approach to Family Planning Conversations

First published at Sightline Daily as Part 4 of the series Teen Pregnancy:  Going . . . Going . . .   A young woman sits in an examining room, waiting for her medical provider. The provider arrives and picks up the chart. “I … Continue reading

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Party Time! Excellent! Educators and Health Professionals Celebrate a Drop in Teen Pregnancy.

Part 1 of the series Teen Pregnancy:  Going . . . Going . . .   Public health officials, educators, and parents of teens have reason to party! According to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, American teen pregnancy rates are … Continue reading

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