1/3 of girls having sex get pregnant
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May 3, 2006
BY ANDREW HERRMANN Staff Reporter Advertisement
In a finding researchers called "alarmingly high," almost a third of all sexually active U.S. teenage girls end up pregnant, according to a new analysis to be released today.
Among teen boys who have had sexual intercourse at least once, about one in eight say they have impregnated someone. The difference may be the result of girls having sex with older partners or the boys being unaware of pregnancies.
The disappointing data, produced by the National Campaign to Prevent Pregnancy, comes amid encouraging declines in sexual activity and pregnancy among teens.
What this says to me is that if you have sex, you play the baby lottery. I'm sure a lot of these girls were using contraception. Abstinence is the only answer.
