Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S

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Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall ,

* E-mail: ksh@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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David W. Hall

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Reader Comments

Do the areas with a lower pregnancy rate have a higher abortion rate? If so, sex education of either type is having no impact.

No competing interests declared.

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