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Nightly News and the Perception of Birth Control

Posted on Oct 4, 2016Oct 4, 2016 by Seanna Pratt

Birth control, especially when concerning teens, can be a rather controversial subject. There are many conflicting viewpoints and personal opinions to be had; however, the success rates of birth control are pretty hard to argue against. The issue with birth control knowledge is not whether or not we have the information, but that often the […]

Half a Million Girls: Teen Pregnancy Spotlight

Posted on Sep 9, 2014Sep 8, 2014 by Jerri Sparks

What if I told you over half a million teenagers between the ages of 15-19 became pregnant in the United States a year? Would you believe it? In 2010, 614,000 girls in the U.S. became pregnant, and that is a dramatic decrease from the highest teen pregnancy rate in the 1990s. It’s a shocking number. […]