Mississippi Teen Pregnancy #1

Mississippi has taken over as the number one state in America for teen pregnancy.

Up until recently Texas and New Mexico were clearly leading the way, but Mississippi has managed to squeeze ahead with rates of 68 births per 1,000; a full 60% above the national average.

The figures in this CDC report are based on 2006 data which is apparently the most recent. In 2006, 435,000 pregnancies occurred among teens aged 15 to 19 in the US.

If you look at this handy colored chart, you can see that the South wins out overall. All those southern states around Bible belt that were quick to embrace the abstinence only education values of our good friend George Bush.

Some experts are scratching their heads and questioning why teen pregnancy rates suddenly started to rise in 2006 for the first time in 15 years. But the answer is obvious and clear.

If you promote abstinence only education as championed by Bush and his retarded cronies, then this is the result. It's really that simple. It took a few years for the failed policies to filter though to the teens, and now we are reaping the rewards from that.

I'm sure when you throw in a continued lack of proper health care availability, we'll see our infant mortality rates continue to worsen too. And when we get to numbers for 2007 and 2008, I suspect we'll also see the teen pregnancy rate increasing even more, as the abstinence effect continues.

This is just another issue where we can see the damage that George Bush has inflicted upon this country. It seems that he left no stone unturned when it came to spreading misery and hardship for American people.

Thankfully, the nightmare will soon be over. Soon we'll have an intelligent man at the helm, and given time, maybe we can start to right some wrongs.