U.S. Teen Births Hit Record Low -
During 2009-10, through these funds, East Valley provided teen pregnancy prevention services to approximately 16,000 teens and hundreds of adults. Although the drop in teen births is wonderful news, in 2011, millions of dollars worth of teen pregnancy prevention programs were eliminated from the California State budget. It will be interesting to compare the statistics when they are reported for 2011 and 2012 with the absence of hundreds of teen pregnancy prevention programs. Only then will we be able to see if cutting prevention efforts really saved taxpayer money or if it just delayed it and will later be re-routed to pay for an increase in teen births!
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