New Hampshire is taking a broad approach to teen pregnancy prevention. With the lowest rate of teen pregnancy in the nation, NH officials focus broad spectrum approach which includes but doesn't totally rely on abstinence only.
New Hampshire Health and Human Services Deputy Commissioner Mary Ann Cooney believes that the state’s relatively high income and health of residents contribute to the low birth rates. The changing demographics is that the state is getting older and older and more and more women are entering the workforce at an early stage and not having as many childrenThe
“Even though there is great enthusiasm in some circles for abstinence-only interventions, the evidence does not support abstinence-only interventions as the best way to keep young people from unintended pregnancy,” said Dr. Jonathan Klein, chairman of the academy committee that wrote the new recommendations. MSNBC
