There seems to be a cultural shift among teens and young adults valuing not getting pregnant. Laura Lindberg More Quotes by Laura Lindberg More Quotes From Laura Lindberg It's normal for teenagers by the time they enter young adulthood to be having sex, so I don't want to problematize that, we want the rate of regular contraceptive use to be as high as possible, and we want healthy relationships. Laura Lindberg top-news What is going to drive the teen pregnancy rate and protection from STDs is using it every time you have sex. Laura Lindberg top-news One of the major concerns is that the child has a greater chance of being raised in poverty and the mother's education and employment may be limited [and] the father may be less involved. Laura Lindberg top-news We are likely to see continued decline [among teens and young adults] driven in part by the increased use of IUDs (intrauterine devices). Laura Lindberg us-news We are seeing this as sign of the times that people are responding to the end of the recession by being more comfortable in having a child. Laura Lindberg us-news