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Category Archives: Teen Pregnancy
Acitivist in Training: Sarah H. (post #2)
My sophomore year of high school my biology teacher showed all of her students the movie “The Miracle of Life” without any sort of preparation, explanation or discussion. That was the extent of my education about birth and for many … Continue reading
NHS YouTube Video Campaign Teaches Teens that Birth is Humiliating
The Leicester NHS Trust posted an anti-teen pregnancy campaign video on YouTube aimed at teaching school-age girls and young women that sex (or unprotected sex) should be avoided because it can result in pregnancy, which will end with birth, which is excruciating, humiliating and shameful.
Click over to read more… Continue reading
Birth Data
Every year, the CDC compiles a list of birth data. This includes the cesarean rate for that year, the vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) rates, teen pregnancies and more fields than you probably can imagine. The last year we have data for is 2005. Typically the data for the next year is released in Novemeber, but we are expecting the preliminary birth data for 2006 to be released on December 5th.
In 2005 the cesarean rate was 30.2%. I’m predicting that the cesarean rate has gone up and that the VBAC rate has gone down. What’s your guess? Continue reading
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