Just read a little of Ralph Reeds book last night.
In it he mentions that when teens have access in schools or wherever, to contraception, they start having sex a lot more often and with more partners than when there are no contraceptives available.
He claims there is a correlation here.
I seriously doubt his “research”.
Did he have, like, a footnote or something you could use for a cite?
The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families
Teen Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Are Both Increasing
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Contraceptive use in the U.S. has increased. Over half of teens reported using no contraception for their first intercourse in 1982, while slightly over one third used no contraception in 1988.
[ul][li]Sex Education … very little impact …[/li][li]Abstinence Programs … no association with attitudes or intentions has been observed three to four months after the intervention.[/li][li]School-based and School-linked Clinics … limited impact …[/li][li]Comprehensive Community-based Efforts … included a school-based, contraceptive counseling and services component, (which) led to a drop in teen pregnancy rates in the two years following the intervention.[/ul][/li][/quote]
School-based programs to reduce sexual risk behaviors: a review of effectiveness.
One must ask, of course, regardless of whether contraception does or does not promote increased sexual activity in minors, whether a decline in the rate of sexual activity is worth an increase in the rate of unplanned pregnancy. As the first link clearly shows, the rate of unplanned pregnancy among women using contraception is about 1 in 20; the rate among women not using contraception is 1 in 3.
Q. What do engineers use for contraception?
A. Their personalities.
Not that I’m bitter…