In Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in
the teen abortion rate.
Not exact matches
A 2005 study by Gregory S. Paul published in the Journal of Religion and Society stated that, «In general, higher
rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher
rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates,
teen pregnancy, and
abortion in the prosperous democracies,» and «In all secular developing democracies, a centuries long - term trend has seen homicide
rates drop to historical lows» with the exceptions being the United States (with a high religiosity level) and «theistic» Portugal.
Majority of University professors are atheist Majority of scientists are atheists Poverty
rate is lower among atheists IQ
rates are higher among atheists Illiteracy
rates are lower among atheists Average Income
rates are higher among atheists Divorce
rates are lower among atheists
Teen pregnancy
rates are lower among atheists STD Infection
rates are lower among atheists
Abortion rates are lower among atheists Crime
rates are lower among atheists Homicide
rates are lower among atheists Please tell me... who is really blessed????????
Let the libertines fix the AIDS epidemic, the soaring
teen pregnancy
rate, the soaring divorce
rate, slow down the
abortion industry, help the many thousands of single mothers who had the courage to carry to term.
The most religious states in the our union are the ones with the greatest poverty
rates, least healthy and happy citizens, high divorce
rates, high
teen pregnancy
rates, high STD
rates, high
abortion rates, etc..
The least religious countries on the planet are the ones with the happiest and healthiest citizens, lowest levels of corruption, low crime
rates, low STD
rates, low
abortion rates, low
teen pregnancy
rates, high levels of education, the most egalitarian societies, etc..
comparative studies on people with religiosity and various social ills has shown higher
rates of belief in a creator correlate with higher
rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates,
teen pregnancy and
abortion.
Before such folks criticize any religious take on s * x, they should fix the AIDS epidemic, fix the
teen prgnancy
rate, help the millions of struggling single mothers, fix the divorce
rate, slow down the
abortion industry.
Further, on average and generally speaking, atheists have fewer divorces,
abortions, and STDs, and lower poverty
rates, homicide
rates, overall crime
rates, and
teen pregnancy
rates.
And you are aware that «in general, higher
rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher
rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates,
teen pregnancy, and
abortion in the prosperous democracies» (Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies, 2005)
Don't forget that our fantastic socially liberal policies are responsible for the highest
teen pregnancy
rate in Europe, an explosion in youth crime and the wonderful notion that parents can be fined if their child doesn't attend school, but not have any right to know if their child is considering an
abortion.
The results show that the increase of crime among adults and clubs teenage pregnancies,
abortions and teenage
rates of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases),
teen runs away from home, add the alcohol and drugs, and the guys jealous that tolerate gunfire instead of a severe loss of life.
In 2015, the contraceptive care delivered by Title X — funded providers helped women avoid 822,000 unintended pregnancies, which would have resulted in 387,000 unplanned births and 278,000
abortions.3 Without the contraceptive care provided by these health centers, the U.S.
rates of unintended pregnancy and
abortion would have been 31 % higher, and the
teen unintended pregnancy
rate would have been 44 % higher (see chart 1).
Without these services, the
rates of unintended pregnancy, unplanned birth and
abortion would have been 33 % higher, and the
teen pregnancy
rate would have been 30 % higher.
Without publicly funded contraceptive services, the U.S.
rates of unintended pregnancy, unplanned birth and
abortion would have each been 68 % higher, and the
teen pregnancy
rate would have been 73 % higher.
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute released last week, U.S.
Teen Pregnancies, Births and
Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity, found that pregnancy
rates have declined dramatically among all teens over the past two decades, and that these declines have been primarily driven by improved use of contraception, particularly increases in the use of highly effective methods and dual use of contraception and condoms.
Studies show that access to medically accurate information about sexuality and body functions play an important role in lowering
rates of
teen pregnancy,
abortion and sexually transmitted infections.