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Link Between Teen Pregnancy and Sexual Violence « Never Apart In Heart — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:47:40 +0000

[...] looked a a little more into teen pregnancy. I found a few blog posts that linked back to the same Feministe article about young girls and their past histories of violence and how that can make major impacts on the [...]

By: bleh

bleh — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:19:10 +0000

So very sad. I’ve just volunteered to escort women at the local clinic. It will be very hard not to scream at the protesting people who just don’t understand this reality.

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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:24:14 +0000

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By: Why teenagers get pregnant at SoE in a new home

Why teenagers get pregnant at SoE in a new home — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:42:37 +0000

[...] Via Feministe’s Cara who also highlights the high rates of abuse of African-Americans and Latinas, as well as Native American women. [...]

By: purpleshoes

purpleshoes — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:03:06 +0000

This is something that makes me completely nuts about any and all messages claiming that abstinence is 100% effective. First, and not germane to this discussion, the real-world failure rate of any contraceptive includes the times that people forget to or don’t feel like using it, and second: this presumes that the woman in question exists in a situation of perfect consent. Of course it would be “better” to get a teenager, or any woman, out of a situation where she is being pressured or forced into sexual activity – but in the meantime, she’s going to need something more solid than “just say no” to avoid babying up an already bad scenario.

By: Danakitty

Danakitty — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:15:04 +0000

What the conservative opinion ignores/obscures is not only the unrealistic nature of their plan, but also the fact that engaging in sexual activity is not always a choice, and that [b]refusing to talk about sex means also refusing to talk about what healthy, consensual sex actually is.[/b]

YES!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:02:40 +0000

Wow, this information stunned me even though it really shouldn’t have. Thank you.

By: Jupiter was one of those girls « Jupiter finds herself on Earth

Jupiter was one of those girls « Jupiter finds herself on Earth — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:14 +0000

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By: NicaKnit

NicaKnit — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:45:07 +0000

I’m very glad to see this link highlighted and put out for discussion.

This is a particularly important consideration when fighting against abstinence only education policies, since the effectiveness of abstinence is dependent on the individual’s power to accept or refuse (or otherwise negotiate) his or her sexual activity within a given relationship.

Here in Nicaragua we have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in Central America: 24.4% of total births are to teen mothers and one in three adolescents is a mother by the age of 19. 40% of births at the Managua Women’s Hospital are to mothers 15 years or younger.

Not surprisingly, we also have one of the highest rates of sexual abuse of minors, with a distressingly high percentage of all Nicaraguan women having been abused at some point in their life and especially as young girls.

I mention this in the context of abstinence-only education because of my personal experience fighting against its imposition on the organization I direct, which works with hundreds of children and young adults in Managua. It was incredibly frustrating for me to have to try to negotiate with people who were incapable of understanding the reality of widespread abuse and how it limits the options and influences the choices made by girls around their own sexuality.