Notes+and+Sources

Nauert, Rick. "TV Sex Influences Teen Pregnancy | Psych Central News." //Psych Central - Trusted Mental Health, Depression, Bipolar, ADHD and Psychology Information//. RAND Corporation, 05 Nov. 2008. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. [].


 * Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows.
 * The amount of sexual content on television has doubled in recent years, and there is little representation of safer sex practices in those portrayals.
 * While some progress has been made, teenagers who watch television are still going to find little information about the consequences of unprotected sexual practices among the many portrayals promoting sex.
 * 23 programs popular among teenagers that were widely available on broadcast and cable television contained high levels of sexual content.
 * Nearly 1 million young women become pregnant each year, with the majority of these pregnancies unplanned.

"In Cluster of Teen Pregnancies, 'Juno' Comes to Life : NPR." //NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR//. 26 June 2008. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. .


 * "By depicting the sunny, even redemptive side of Juno's plight, the magazine argued, Hollywood had perhaps made motherhood attractive for teens."
 * Kids who had "heavier sexual media diets" became more than twice as likely to become sexually active by the age of 16.
 * The generation of girls raised in abstinence-only education programs may not know as much about contraception as kids used to know.
 * Images of unwed mothers have gone mainstream.
 * "This is unusual and rare that we would have movies like //Juno// or //Knocked Up//, or that we would now be glamorizing celebrities who are pregnant and we don't even know who the fathers are. ... For [girls], looking to see who's got a baby bump is really compelling somehow," Brown says

Stein, Rob. "Rise in Teenage Pregnancy Rate Spurs New Debate on Arresting It - Washingtonpost.com." //Washingtonpost.com - Nation, World, Technology and Washington Area News and Headlines//. 26 Jan. 2010. Web. 23 Apr. 2010. .


 * The pregnancy rate among teenage girls in the United States has jumped for the first time in more than a decade.
 * The pregnancy rate among 15-to-19-year-olds increased 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 -- the first jump since 1990.
 * "Contributors include an over-sexualized culture, lack of involved and positive role models, and the dominant message that teen sex is expected and without consequences," Huber said.

"U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions:." Guttmacher Institute, Jan. 2010. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. .


 * In 2006, 750,000 women younger than 20 became pregnant.
 * In 2006, the rate increased for the first time in more than a decade, rising 3%.
 * Arkansas had the highest pregnancy rate among non-Hispanic white teenagers

Christensen, Sue, and Ann Rosen. "Teenage Pregnancy." //Local Community Organizations Web Pages//. The Family Connection of St. Joseph County, 1996. Web. 25 May 2010. .


 * One in every eight births in the U.S. is to a teenager
 * Educational failure, poverty, unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing
 * The American popular culture glorifies sex and ignores responsibility.
 * with straightforward attitudes about sex, teens get more consistent messages, clearer information and greater access to contraception and abortion.