Thread: Another non surprise from the right wing Bush Admin

Teen Pregnancy and Disease Rates Rose Sharply During Bush Years.



• AIDS cases in adolescent boys have nearly doubled

• Fall in gonorrhea infection rate reversed

by Chris McGreal in Washington



Teenage pregnancies and syphilis have risen sharply among a generation of American school girls who were urged to avoid sex before marriage under George Bush's evangelically-driven education policy, according to a new report by the US's major public health body.



(Blend Images/Getty Images)In a report that will surprise few of Bush's critics on the issue, the Centres for Disease Control says years of falling rates of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease infections under previous administrations were reversed or stalled in the Bush years. According to the CDC, birth rates among teenagers aged 15 or older had been in decline since 1991 but are up sharply in more than half of American states since 2005. The study also revealed that the number of teenage females with syphilis has risen by nearly half after a significant decrease while a two-decade fall in the gonorrhea infection rate is being reversed. The number of Aids cases in adolescent boys has nearly doubled.



The CDC says that southern states, where there is often the greatest emphasis on abstinence and religion, tend to have the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and STDs.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ncy-cdc-report

http://www.ippf.org/en/News/Intl+new...ency+finds.htm

http://teens.tapestryhealth.org/inde...-agency-finds/



There are a lot more sources but I'll quit because the numbers are not in dispute. I'm merely trying to shed a little more light on the self imposed fantasyland that evangelical righties don't know they're in.

[quote name='Bryan' date='07 August 2009 - 03:14 PM' timestamp='1249683243' post='1501']

But sex is a horrible disgusting thing that you are only suppose to do with your wife..

[/quote]or with your girlfriend even if you're not married but accept responsibility for it then grow to hate your mother in law...that's okay then.

Hmm from the CDC report



*During 1991--2007, the percentage of high school students who ever had sexual intercourse (i.e., sexual experience) decreased from 54.1% in 1991 to 47.8% in 2007.



That's good



*During 1991--2007, the percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age13 years decreased from 10.2% in 1991 to 7.1% in 2007.



That's good too



*The percentage of high school students who had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during their life decreased from 18.7% in 1991 to 14.9% in 2007.



That's also pretty good.



*he percentage of high school students who were currently sexually active (i.e., had sexual intercourse with at least one person during the 3 months before the survey) decreased from 37.5% in 1991 to 35.0% in 2007.



That also pretty good and we know the BEST way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy or STD is to not have sexual intercourse.



* The percentage of currently sexually active high school students who reported that either they or their partner had used a condom during last sexual intercourse increased from 46.2% in 1991 to 61.5% in 2007.



I bet you like that one too.



*HIV/AIDS



Trends for annual rates of AIDS diagnoses during 1997--2006 have been analyzed (Table 32). Among several groups (i.e., all youths aged 10--14 years, female adolescents aged 15--19 years, and women aged 20--24 years), rates either are relatively stable or decreased during this period. However, rates increased during the preceding 10 years among males aged 15--24 years. For example, during 1997--2006, the rate of AIDS diagnoses reported among males aged 15--19 years nearly doubled, from 1.3 cases per 100,000 population in 1997 to 2.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2006 (Figure 6).



Hmm so it started back in Clinton's term



*Sexually Transmitted Diseases



The number of cases of chlamydia that are reported have generally been increasing for all groups, with the exception of females aged 10--14 years since 2004 (Figure 7; Table 33). Greater implementation of chlamydia screening is believed to account for much of the increase, especially for cases among females. Furthermore, only since 2000 has chlamydia been reportable in all 50 states, contributing to earlier increases in national case rates (23).



Well geez they didn't reported it before then and screen has gotten better so we are just finding in where we didn't before.



* Gonorrhea rates decreased for >20 years until 1997; since 1997, rates have been stable, with some modest fluctuation among adolescents and young adults (Figure 8; Table 34). Gonorrhea infection rates among males aged 15--19 years ranged from 285.7 cases per 100,000 population in 2002 to 250.2 cases per 100,000 population in 2004 and then increased to 275.4 cases per 100,000 population in 2006.



So still lower than before Bush



* Rates of syphilis typically are lower among adolescents than among young adults aged 20--24 years. However, the rates for syphilis among adolescents and young adults have been increasing in recent years, (e.g., rates among females aged 15--19 years increased from 1.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2004 to 2.2 cases per 100,000 population in 2006), perhaps mirroring the national trend in syphilis rates that has been observed across the entire population





Well geez it's not just the kids.



So what exactly are you holding Bush responsible for?



http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5806a1.htm

[quote name='Stinger' date='07 August 2009 - 05:16 PM' timestamp='1249690591' post='1576']So what exactly are you holding Bush responsible for?[/quote]Clinton encouraged sex, and Bush discouraged it. So for a rise in the figures you cited reflect success on Clinton's part and failure on Bush's

[quote name='Goldwater' date='08 August 2009 - 04:16 PM' timestamp='1249766205' post='1824']

Clinton encouraged sex, and Bush discouraged it. So for a rise in the figures you cited reflect success on Clinton's part and failure on Bush's

[/quote]



And you are willing to state for the record that that is what caused it......................you wanna think about that.



You think the way to lower pregnancy rates and STD's is to encourage sex................do quite see the rational there nor how the President has so much influence over it.

[quote name='Stinger' date='08 August 2009 - 05:32 PM' timestamp='1249777929' post='1892']And you are willing to state for the record that that is what caused it......................[/quote]Never say or write anything right after someone says "state for the record"

[quote name='Stinger' date='08 August 2009 - 05:32 PM' timestamp='1249777929' post='1892']you wanna think about that. You think the way to lower pregnancy rates and STD's is to encourage sex................[/quote]I do. Half of the fun of sex and drugs as a teenager is doing what you were told not to.

[quote name='Stinger' date='08 August 2009 - 05:32 PM' timestamp='1249777929' post='1892']do quite see the rational there nor how the President has so much influence over it.[/quote]The only thing the President can do is keep thier yaps shut. If you will notice Stinger...the non surprise is from the Bush administration, not neccessarily Bush himself. It's Bushes loyal christian family values minions that make the lure of sex much dirtier, and therefore more fun.

[quote name='Goldwater' date='08 August 2009 - 09:55 PM' timestamp='1249786558' post='1930']

Never say or write anything right after someone says "state for the record"[/quote]



So you don't stand by what you said.



Me>> you wanna think about that. You think the way to lower pregnancy rates and STD's is to encourage sex................

I do. Half of the fun of sex and drugs as a teenager is doing what you were told not to.

So how does that lower pregnancy rates and STD's?

The only thing the President can do is keep thier yaps shut. If you will notice Stinger...the non surprise is from the Bush administration,

Well if you will, notice that what was asserted isn't exactly true.