Did you KNOW?
The teenage sons of adolescent mothers are 2.7 times more likely to spend time in prison than the sons of mothers who delay childbearing until their early 20s.
(Robin Hood Foundation report, "Kids Having Kids" edited by Rebecca Maynard)
|
- Did you know that alcohol is involved in 75 percent of all date rapes?
Alcohol is a contributing factor in over 75% of date rapes (About, Inc. – part of the New York Times Co.)
- …that 60% of college women who get a sexually transmitted disease were drinking at the time?
60% of college women who have acquired sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS) were under the influence of alcohol at the time they had intercourse. (Kansas State University Counseling Services)
- Do you think a girl is more likely to get pregnant if she or her boyfriend smokes pot?
Consider This: Teens who have used marijuana are four times more likely to have been pregnant or to have gotten someone pregnant than teens who have never smoked pot. (Substance Abuse and the American Adolescent: A Report by Commission on Substance Abuse Among American Adolescents. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1997)
- Does binge drinking contribute to teen pregnancy?
Consider This: Teenage girls who binge drink are up to 63% more likely to become teen mothers (T.S. Dee, “The Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Ages on Childbearing,” The Journal of Human Resources 36, no. 4 (2001): 824-838
- What percentage of boys say it’s ok to force a girl to have sex if she is stoned or drunk?
Check This Out: Nearly 40 percent of high school boys said it is acceptable to force sex if a girl is stoned or drunk. (Family Health Council’s Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention)
|
