Abortion statistics among teens

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Does anyone have any recent abortion statistics among teens? I’m involved in a discussion on another forum about sexual activity among teens. The article is saying abortions are down (in general, it doesn’t specifically say abortion rates are down among teens), so I’m looking for what the statistics are among teens.

Here’s a link to the article:

buffalonews.com/editorial/20051002/1038201.asp
 
Now if only we could determine if that’s because of abstinence/NFP teachings

or

contraception promotion/use.

Any indication of that???

On the surface it looks like good news.
And I’d like to think it’s because the pro-life prayers/education/campaigns have reached the target audience.
 
I’m suspicious…I have to wonder if the rate of teen abortions is deliberately being underreported by planned parenthood to make it look like sex education programs are being successful.

The basis of the whole arguement on this other forum is that Teens seem to be having sex at much younger ages like 11 & 12 years old. It seems that this is becoming an epidemic. I find it very hard to believe kids that young are “responsibly” using BC and not getting pregnant.
 
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