New Survey on Abstinence and Sexual Activity: The Good News and the Bad News
Rachel Sheffield /
On Thursday, The Washington Post heralded the findings of a new survey reporting on sexual activity in the United States. While the study pronounced such positive findings as an increase in abstinence among teens and college-age adults and a decrease in teen pregnancy, there is bleaker story that cannot be ignored: the ever-increasing rate of unwed childbearing in the United States.
On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its seventh round of the National Survey of Family Growth. The Post notes: (more…)