Cartoon of Teen Pregnancy

I chose this cartoon because it says exactly why teen girls are getting pregnant, and that is with no education. How can teens avoid pregnancy if they are taught what to do and how to protect themselves. It seems like now, teens have to rely on shows like "Teen Mom" to learn anything. A show that I think is trying steer teens away from pregnancy by showing the extreme difficulties of having a child and how life is never the same. In my high school I saw 4 different girls get pregnant, one I knew. Education needs to be the first step.

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Data on Teen Pregnancy

I found this chart at The Centers for Disease Control. I thought it was interesting to see the number of birthrates broken down by race. The graph shows that in 2009 that white-non Hispanics had the second lowest birthrate. 2007 was the highest birthrate for African Americans at nearly 60,000. Overall, the graph shows that Asian/Island Pacific community has had the lowest birthrates. I like how this graph has broken down each race and year. I also like the data being from 2005-2009. The information is very recent and not from 10+years ago.

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