A Closer Look at Florida
The teen birth rate in the United States reached an all-time low last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday. One expert said the bad economy and teen pregnancy reality shows may have played a role in the decline.
The CDC released new data which found that fewer babies were born to teens in 2010 than in any year since 1946.
15- to 24-year-olds represent 1/4 of all sexually active people, yet account for nearly half of the new cases of STIs each year.
When the CDC announced a record low in the teen birth rate, it listed 2 possible causes: “The impact of strong pregnancy prevention messages” and “increased use of contraception.”
Healthy Teens Campaign
The mission of the Healthy Teens Campaign is to improve the health and safety of Florida teens through comprehensive sex education. Members of the coalition engage in advocacy and education to ensure that Florida teens receive the information they need to make healthy decisions, including information about abstinence, contraception and methods of disease prevention. As a community, we want to see comprehensive sex education in Florida classrooms.