Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com

More evidence that whatever the Republicans eschew as the "moral' and "conservative wasy to do something it results is utter failure. The exact opposite of what they propose to happen, happens. In this case the New England (liberal) states come in with the lowest birthrates per 1000 as opposed to the bible thumping "conservative, abstinance, states. From the "Iraq war will pay for itself" to " abstinance programs work best" these folks are wrong on everything. Everything.



Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com: "The lowest teen birth rates continue to be in New England, where three states have rates at roughly half the national average, which is 42 births per 1,000 teen women.
Statistical blip?
It’s not clear why Mississippi, with 68 births per 1,000, surged into first place. The state’s one-year increase of nearly 1,000 teen births could be a statistical blip, said Ron Cossman, a Mississippi State University researcher who focuses on children’s health statistics.
The New Mexico rate was 64 per 1,000; Texas was 63. New Hampshire, with a rate of 19 per 1,000, was the nation’s lowest.
More than a year ago, a preliminary report on the 2006 data revealed that the U.S. teen birth rate had risen for the first time in about 15 years. But the new numbers provide the first state-by-state breakdown."