Pregnancy Rate Astounding at Chicago High School

Or the kids could actually listen to what they are being taught. Which is why it's their fault. If they are teenagers they do not need mommy and daddy watching them 24/7. There's a time people need to grow up and take responsibility for their own actions.

Because I'm damn well sure that because you had proper sexual education you were able to make informed decision about sex, and I'm very glad your communities tax payer dollars went to open up this conversation. I understand putting some blame on parents for not opening up conversations about this, but blaming the girls is saying they have only themselves to blame for not having proper resources and education. Class has everything to do with this conversation, because I guarantee your property taxes and suburban middle-class communities used that influx of money to create better programs. We are not getting the same standard of living in urban communities and therefore,women who would otherwise have similar opportunities for upward mobility are taking the short term-investment of reproducing rather than the education route

You think unplanned pregnancy is due to girls' "maternal instincts kicking in"? Wow. I...I really don't think you're qualified to weigh in on this issue.

Actually the solution would be better sex education, and instead of teaching abstinence, teaching using more harm-reduction, informative, and truthful methods.

Pregnancy prevention education goes much farther than knowing if you have unprotected sex you are going to get pregnant. It's about funding and educating on the effectiveness of different methods, of knowing how to be sexually safe and having cheaper access to different types of birth control in low-income communities. A perfect example is the common misconception that the "pull-out" method is an effective use of birth control up there with using a condom or oral contraceptives. Many women are under the impression that because this method works sometimes for some women, it is an all-inclusive treatment. We need to be educating our reproductive population as early as possible about these effectiveness differences.
Another reason why increased funding may be necessary is because these same communities are not given cheap alternative to unprotected sex. Obviously I've been educated on the subject matter, but if I weren't I might be more likely to grab the free condom from student health before sex than having to go to the grocery store and purchase this product. Alongside this, many of these women do not have health insurance or coverage for oral contraceptives, throwing one of the safest options out the window for the group most in need. If you get the pill and have insurance, the $15-25/mo payment is a no-brainer choice to bearing a child. However, what if those same pills were between $50-75/mo? By putting a high base monetary value on obtaining contraceptive, we have essentially created a socioeconomic issue where the communities most in need of a product are being forced into making the choice between abstaining until they can financially afford to have sex, or take the risk and roll the dice.
These womens' "maternal instincts" have not "kicked in early", and I'm pretty sure these women were not looking to have children, but did have a sexual desire that comes naturally with puberty around ages 13-16. We need to start teaching these young women how to satisfy their desires while still being sexually responsible, and that's the problem with the system now. No one seems willing to address the problem head on, and legislators and administrators making these decisions are not considering the economic strategies behind investing money and resources now into a genuine, adult, guilt-free conversation about sex and relationships that would create a larger population of sexually responsible and educated adults.

Yeah because a one minute conversation will solve all the worlds problems, right? Hey why not try that with solving Wars?

You know why there is an alarming rate for teenage pregnancies in communities where the majority is of low income? Abortion. Most can't afford to have one. You would be astounded at the rate teen girls from upper middle class families are getting them. Why because they can afford the mere 200 or so dollars to solve their "problem". I personally have no problem with abortion, but I don't think its the answer.

The answer is parents are too detached from their kids now days to have a real conversation with them. Relying on schools to do all the teaching for them. I mean what do you expect when kids are spending up to 6hrs a day on the internet or watching t.v? Seriously. The fact of the matter is that we have teens raising teens. What I mean by this is that teens are getting their information from other teens and not from their parents. We literally have almost no control on what our kids information our kids are getting. Site blocking is a joke, just about any teen knows how to disable it. Then there's the cellphone thing. With all the technology put into them its like carrying a computer in your pocket, that conveniently has a camera attached to it.

So if your looking for a problem look in the mirror. You're not really raising your kids, their friends and the internet are.