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Leftist states like California, Illinois, and Washington have a teen birth rate approximately double that of notoriously libertarian New Hampshire. https://www.

Leftist states like California, Illinois, and Washington have a teen birth rate approximately double that of notoriously libertarian New Hampshire. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/teen-births/teenbirths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/teen-births/teenbi... West Virginia, the most reliably conservative state in the nation, has a lower teen birth rate than Kentucky, which is distinctly more purple and has a center-left Democrat as the governor. DC is not a state, but is the polar opposite of WV politically, yet one source claims DC has the 13th highest teen birth rate in the nation. https://www.prb.org/resources/dcs-teenage-moms-need-their-own-moms/ https://www.prb.org/resources/dcs-teenage-moms-need-their-ow... I think the situation is much more complicated than you suggest.

hollywood_court 3y ago
I suppose it all depends on that 'one source' and how much you wish to move the goal posts. WV is in the top 10 for highest rates of teen birth. But that's according to the CDC. Perhaps they are just another viciim of the leftist agenda.
- torstenvl 3y ago
  Yes, WV is in the top ten. But Utah is near the bottom. Again, you're way oversimplifying. And what's more interesting is that states with conservative sex education approaches is quite a bit different than overall voting patterns. Many abstinence-stressed states tend to be liberal in other respects. And many abstinence-stressed states have low teen birth rates. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/29/17/12868888-6972237-image-a-4_1556556177883.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/29/17/12868888-6972237-... (Also, WV's teen birth rate is lower than NY's was in 2005. Is WV more liberal than NY was in 2005?)
- refurb 3y ago
  That's a very lazy reply. The person you're responding to laid out a bunch of examples of red states having less of an issue than blue states and you reply with "Perhaps they are just another viciim of the leftist agenda." If you're not interested in engaging in a more intellectual manner, maybe HN isn't the right place for you?

hollywood_court 3y ago

I suppose it all depends on that 'one source' and how much you wish to move the goal posts. WV is in the top 10 for highest rates of teen birth. But that's according to the CDC. Perhaps they are just another viciim of the leftist agenda.

torstenvl 3y ago
Yes, WV is in the top ten. But Utah is near the bottom. Again, you're way oversimplifying. And what's more interesting is that states with conservative sex education approaches is quite a bit different than overall voting patterns. Many abstinence-stressed states tend to be liberal in other respects. And many abstinence-stressed states have low teen birth rates. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/29/17/12868888-6972237-image-a-4_1556556177883.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/29/17/12868888-6972237-... (Also, WV's teen birth rate is lower than NY's was in 2005. Is WV more liberal than NY was in 2005?)
refurb 3y ago
That's a very lazy reply. The person you're responding to laid out a bunch of examples of red states having less of an issue than blue states and you reply with "Perhaps they are just another viciim of the leftist agenda." If you're not interested in engaging in a more intellectual manner, maybe HN isn't the right place for you?