by APFLI | May 5, 2014 | Parent Resources, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence
According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, nearly 3 in 10 girls will become pregnant before the age of 20. In 2012, 305,388 teens (ages 15-19) gave birth. About 18% of women obtaining abortions are teenagers (i.e. about 200,000)...
by APFLI | Oct 12, 2013 | Abortion Industry / Planned Parenthood
Communities looking to reduce their teen pregnancy rates perhaps should consider one move before all the others: closing down any Planned Parenthood business. That’s because a study of one region of the country shows that as Planned Parenthood operations shut down and...
by APFLI | Sep 25, 2013 | Abortion Industry / Planned Parenthood
Contrary to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America public relations and lobbying message, there is no correlation with PPFA community presence and reduced teen pregnancy. In contrast, teen pregnancies actually decreased with the absence of PPFA. So concludes a...