Elizabeth Marquardt — who opposes equal marriage rights, because (she says) if we recognize same-sex couples that alters the meaning of marriage and heterosexual fathers will lose connection to their kids — writes:<\/p>\n
New Child Trends report: 1 in 6 Teen Girls Projected to Become Mothers<\/a><\/p>\n
And estimates are as high as 1 in 4 in nine states!<\/p>\n
“An estimated 18% of females nationwide will become teen mothers, according to a new Child Trends research brief<\/a>. The brief also finds that states vary widely in the estimated percentage of females who will have a baby before the age of 20, ranging from 8% in New Hampshire to 30% in Mississippi.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So which 9 states are projected to see 1 in 4 teenage girls become mothers? Mississippi, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Tennessee.\u00a0 All of those states are well-known hotbeds of marriage equality.<\/p>\n
So in contrast, how did Connecticut and Massachusetts — where same-sex marraige is legal — rank? In the entire country, only Vermont and New Hampshire have lower projected teen motherhood rates. Oh, and by the way, Vermont’s senate just voted for legalizing gay marriage.<\/p>\n
So apparently we can <\/em> have both equality for same sex couples and low teen motherhood rates. Who knew?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elizabeth Marquardt — who opposes equal marriage rights, because (she says) if we recognize same-sex couples that alters the meaning of marriage and heterosexual fathers will lose connection to their kids — writes: New Child Trends report: 1 in 6 … Continue reading