Ya think?
Thinkprogress:
Texas currently has the third-highest teen birth rate in the country and “the highest rate of repeat teen births.” It also leads the nation in the amount of government money it spends on abstinence-only education. But some school districts in the state are now shifting away from that approach, admitting that it isn’t working:
“We mainly did it because of our pregnancy rate,” said Whitney Self, lead teacher for health and physical education at the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. “We don’t think abstinence-only is working.” [...]
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I wonder if the lack of health care, for a visit to a doctor for birth control would save a couple of days in the hospital after labor and delivery for a child.
Yep, Texas is not the only state with this problem. Preventative (birth control) medicine saves money in the long run ( 9 mos later, labor & delivery, hospital stay, mom and baby)
And this is only one example.
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