{"id":281684,"date":"2010-02-05T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T15:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/?p=4804"},"modified":"2010-02-05T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T15:55:58","slug":"after-years-of-decline-%e2%80%93-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/281684","title":{"rendered":"After years of decline \u2013 teen pregnancy is on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4151\" title=\"teenage girl lying on bed looking at pregnancy test\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/stockphotopro_108756ENL_teenage_girl_lyi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"teenage girl lying on bed looking at pregnancy test\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,1956645,00.html\">pregnant teens<\/a> had been dropping since 1990, but last week <em>Time <\/em>reported that since 2006 that number has been steadily rising. Children&#8217;s <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/children.photobooks.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/children.photobooks.com\/directory\/profile.asp?dbase=main&amp;setsize=5&amp;last=cox&amp;pict_id=9904630\">Joanne Cox, MD<\/a>, medical director of Children\u2019s <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.childrenshospital.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/clinicalservices\/Site1944\/mainpageS1944P0.html\">Primary Care Center<\/a> and <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.childrenshospital.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/clinicalservices\/Site2277\/mainpageS2277P0.html\">Young Parents Program<\/a>, spoke on WGBH&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/897\/programDetail.cfm?programid=855\"><em>Callie Crossley Show<\/em><\/a> about the rise in numbers of pregnant teens.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read in a previous Thrive post what Cox has to say on <a href=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/lifetime-movie-based-on-alleged-teen-pregnancy-pact\/\">how to prevent a teen pregnancy epidemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While some are blaming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2010\/02\/abstinence_classes_reduce_sex.html\">abstinence only sex education<\/a> for the rise, one study begs to differ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think is causing the rise in teen pregnancies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"mailto:?subject=After%20years%20of%20decline%20-%20teen%20pregnancy%20is%20on%20the%20rise&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fafter-years-of-decline-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise%2F\" title=\"email\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/email_link.png\" title=\"email\" alt=\"email\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fafter-years-of-decline-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise%2F&amp;t=After%20years%20of%20decline%20-%20teen%20pregnancy%20is%20on%20the%20rise\" title=\"Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/facebook.png\" title=\"Facebook\" alt=\"Facebook\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=After%20years%20of%20decline%20-%20teen%20pregnancy%20is%20on%20the%20rise%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fafter-years-of-decline-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise%2F\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/twitter.png\" title=\"Twitter\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fafter-years-of-decline-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise%2F&amp;title=After%20years%20of%20decline%20-%20teen%20pregnancy%20is%20on%20the%20rise&amp;bodytext=%20The%20number%20of%20pregnant%20teens%20had%20been%20dropping%20since%201990%2C%20but%20last%20week%20Time%20reported%20that%20since%202006%20that%20number%20has%20been%20steadily%20rising.%20Children%27s%20Joanne%20Cox%2C%20MD%2C%20medical%20director%20of%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Primary%20Care%20Center%20and%20Young%20Parents%20Program%2C%20s\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/digg.png\" title=\"Digg\" alt=\"Digg\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildrenshospitalblog.org%2Fafter-years-of-decline-teen-pregnancy-is-on-the-rise%2F&amp;title=After%20years%20of%20decline%20-%20teen%20pregnancy%20is%20on%20the%20rise&amp;notes=%20The%20number%20of%20pregnant%20teens%20had%20been%20dropping%20since%201990%2C%20but%20last%20week%20Time%20reported%20that%20since%202006%20that%20number%20has%20been%20steadily%20rising.%20Children%27s%20Joanne%20Cox%2C%20MD%2C%20medical%20director%20of%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Primary%20Care%20Center%20and%20Young%20Parents%20Program%2C%20s\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/sociable\/images\/delicious.png\" title=\"del.icio.us\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" class=\"sociable-hovers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/childrenshospitalblog\/~4\/6uEr_qtcmyc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of pregnant teens had been dropping since 1990, but last week Time reported that since 2006 that number has been steadily rising. Children&#8217;s Joanne Cox, MD, medical director of Children\u2019s Primary Care Center and Young Parents Program, spoke on WGBH&#8217;s Callie Crossley Show about the rise in numbers of pregnant teens. 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