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Dr. Phil shares his facts on Teens and Sex
Written by Denise Miller
Monday, 26 September 2011 07:37

Dr. Phil's Facts
Know the Facts About Teens and Sex

You may find them shocking, but these are the facts about teenage sexual activity. Use this information to become a force in your child's life and encourage him/her to make good choices.

Ten percent of all 13-year-olds have had sexual intercourse.
50 percent of all teenagers have had sex by the time they enter the 10th grade.
One in every five teenage girls will become pregnant during high school.
Half of all teenagers don't believe oral sex is sex.
By the time they finish high school, two-thirds of all young adults will have become sexually active.

Facts around the country
Written by Denise Miller
Monday, 19 September 2011 13:55
Today's Monday's facts com from Kansas Coalition against Sexual and Domestic Violence.   Their recent research findings are incredibly troubling and hard to believe are coming from such a civilized country.

Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.
On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States.
Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than to die of any other cause.
Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.
Three in four women (76%) who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault.

11 facts about teen pregnancy
Written by Denise Miller
Monday, 12 September 2011 21:12
Today's Monday Facts comes from DoSomething.org

1. The U.S. has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world – twice as high as in England or Canada, and ten times higher as in Switzerland.
2. The U.S. teen pregnancy rate dropped six percent between 2008 and 2009.
3. About 750,000 teens get pregnant in the United States each year. Nevada has the highest teen birth rate; 113 out of every 1,000 teens will get pregnant.
4. About 1 in 3 women become pregnant at least once before they're 20.
5. A sexually active teen who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within a year.
6. It affects education - only a third of teen mothers earn their high school diploma. And only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30.
7. It also affects their kids - girls born to teen mothers are more likely to be teen mothers themselves. Boys born to teen moms are more likely to end up in prison.
8. 75% of girls and over half of boys report that girls who have sex do so because their boyfriends want them to.
9.8 in 10 girls and 6 in 10 boys say they wish they had waited until they were older to have sex.
10. Most teens (6 in 10) and adults (3 in 4) believe that teen boys often receive the message that they are “expected to have sex.”
11. Diapers are expensive, but it's nothing compared to the $9 billion that teen pregnancy costs the United States each year. This includes increased spending in child welfare costs and public sector health care.

Teen Childbearing Cost Taxpayers $10.9 Billion in 2008
Written by Denise Miller
Monday, 05 September 2011 13:20

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teen childbearing in the United States cost taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $10.9 billion in 2008, according to an updated analysis released by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. State costs in 2008 ranged from $16 million in North Dakota to $1.2 billion in Texas.

These public sector costs would have been even higher had it not been for the one-third decline in the U.S. teen birth rate between 1991 and 2008. The estimated national savings to taxpayers in 2008 alone due to the substantial decline in the teen birth rate between 1991 and 2008 is $8.4 billion -- ranging from $3.4 million in Wyoming to $1.4 billion in California.

"Reducing teen pregnancy not only improves the well-being of children, youth, and families, it saves taxpayer dollars," saidSarah Brown, CEO of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "At a time when policymakers and others are intensely focused on cost-saving measures, funding proven efforts to reduce teen pregnancy is important, timely, and should be a high priority."

Most of the public sector costs of teen childbearing are associated with negative consequences for the children of teen mothers. These costs include public health care (Medicaid and CHIP), child welfare, incarceration, and lost tax revenue due to decreased earnings and spending.

The new analysis updates research originally conducted by Saul Hoffman, Ph.D. of the University of Delaware and released by The National Campaign. The new analysis provides a conservative estimate of the costs of teen childbearing and is based on the increased risk of adverse consequences faced by teen mothers, fathers, and their children as compared to mothers having children at ages 20-21, controlling for many other factors.

Please visit www.TheNationalCampaign.org/costs for more information about the public costs of teen childbearing, including information for every state and the District of Columbia. This analysis was funded in part by grant IU58DP002916-01 from the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of DRH.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is a private, non-profit organization that seeks to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families. Our specific strategy is to prevent teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy among single, young adults.

SOURCE The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy