http://internet.vox.com/library/posts/tags/birth+control/page/1/ Not just something you dump something on. en Vox Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:33:42 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss birth control http://internet.vox.com/library/post/georgia-county-makes-the-switch.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(INTERNET) http://internet.vox.com/library/post/georgia-county-makes-the-switch.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://internet.vox.com/library/post/georgia-county-makes-the-switch.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:33:42 -0500 <p><a href="http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/022508/news_20080225022.shtml">Clark Country, GA has decided to switch their tactics</a>. Currently, an &quot;abstinence only&quot; curriculum is taught in the high school. The country also has a 4.5% teen pregnancy rate, which is higher than the state average. In order to try to combat these rates, the county has voted to start teaching safe sex in schools, which has proven to be effective in preventing teen pregnancy. </p><p><a href="http://www.coolnurse.com/teen_pregnancy_rates.htm">The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western world</a>, most likely due to a conflict between an over-sexed media and a moral approach to sex ingrained in the Protestant society. Abstinence only programs only help to support this conflict, telling kids that sex is wrong and then sending them home to their televisions which portray lots of gratifying, unprotected sex -- even on basic cable.&#160;&#160; <div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://internet.vox.com/library/post/georgia-county-makes-the-switch.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fb56cf21900e398e043600004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics pregnancy birth control