Sun-Sentinel
Editorial Board
December 12, 2007
ISSUE: Teen birth rate rises for the first time in 15 years.
U.S. health officials were reportedly stunned by the news, and at a loss to explain it.
But for the more plugged-in experts, the dismaying rise in the teen birth rate in America is just the latest symptom of a failed sex eduction program that has increasingly relied on abstinence-only teachings.
What is it going to take before the nation grasps the reality that giving hormone-raging youngsters limited information on how to avoid pregnancy and disease just doesn't cut it?
