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

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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.

What is going to drive the teen pregnancy rate and protection from STDs is using it every time you have sex.

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.

There seems to be a cultural shift among teens and young adults v... by Laura Lindberg

There seems to be a cultural shift among teens and young adults valuing not getting pregnant.

We are likely to see continued decline [among teens and young adults] driven in part by the increased use of IUDs (intrauterine devices).