Abstinence Programs Credited With Reducing Teen Birth Rates | LifeNews.com: Abstinence education programs are being credited with the good news coming in a new report the CDC issued Thursday from the National Center for Health Statistics showing teen birth rates dropping.
The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15-19 years hit a record low in 2010, according to the report, Births: Preliminary Data for 2010, from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The birth rate for teenagers aged 15-19 has declined for the last three years and 17 out of the past 19 years. Birth rates for younger and older teenagers and for all race/ethnic groups reached historic lows in 2010.
Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association reacted to the report saying the good news on teen birth rates is tempered by news on teen rates of sexual diseases.
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