Unwanted Pregnancies Amongst Teenagers

In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Volume 15, Issue 2, p. 139-143

Abstract

SummaryThis article discusses the conflicting positions on the effectiveness of sex education and availability of birth control facilities in lowering the rate of teenage pregnancies. It provides evidence of a drop in the rate of teenage births only one-third of which can be accounted for by the rise in abortions. It concludes that teenagers must have been using birth control more effectively than in the early 1970s.