OT: "The westernized world"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/11/2009 12:51 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>A solicitation I just received asking support to those who seek to
>"provide responsible sex education to teens" contains the following
>passage:
>
>The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the westernized world.
>But why? "Abstinence-only" programs censor, mislead and misinform
>teens, creating ignorance and a lack of trust.

OT, but although the US *may* have the highest teen pregnancy rate in
the westernized world, the US does not have the highest rate of
single mothers in the westernized world.  Some countries with higher
rates are, if I remember correctly, Iceland, Sweden, Norway.

Joel

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