Several peer-reviewed scientific studies have confirmed this phenomenon:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19761588
http://ari.ucsf.edu/science/reports/abstinence.pdf
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/bc-tbr091509.php
http://www.project-reason.org/newsfeed/item/teen_birth_rates_highest_in_most_religious_states
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32884806/ns/health-kids_and_parenting
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/2009/09/16/teen-birth-rates-higher-in-states-where-religion
So Christian fundamentalists -- exactly how do your bizarre religious views contribute to the well-being of humanity as a whole?
Add: Fables about your post-mortem imaginary 'heaven' are irrelevant, and contradict every aspect of reality as we humanly experience it.
Answer by Matt Portnoy
Probably because the young girls getting knocked up are rebelling against their parents.
Answer by Emotions Blind Your Logic
"Is it because birth control and safe sex are heavily discouraged in these regions?"
They are rarely ever even spoken about. People just choose to ignore it. Sex is considered a taboo in the U.S. Remember, people only went ape$ hit on the TSA after they could see our privates. We are a nation of prudes.
Answer by Kaylee
I live in Virginia and I only saw three pregnant girls when I was in high school.
Answer by Eric
SEX EDUCATION SHOULD BE MANDATORY.
They're teenagers, for goodness sake...what are these people so afraid of? Getting embarrassed? Well, cry me a river!
Answer by cuteenemo
your idea makes sense.
maybe also because it is so discouraged to have premarital sex, and theyre teenagers so they have this goal of disobeying authority?
also, it seems as thought teenage years are ones where people have the most uncertainity when it come to religion so they themselves might not be so religious.
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