Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States
September 18, 2009 Comments Off on Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious StatesRead moreU.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests. The relationship could be due to the fact that communities with such religious beliefs a literal interpretation of the Bible, for instance, may frown upon contraception, researchers say. If that same culture isn’t successfully discouraging teen sex, the pregnancy and birth rates rise.