Studies in Texas, a State That Has Aggressively Promoted an Abstinence-Only

question 101

Multiple Choice

Studies in Texas, a state that has aggressively promoted an abstinence-only approach in its schools, pronouncements, and policies, indicate that the state has the ______ in the country.

• A) lowest rate of teen pregnancy
• B) lowest rate of teenage STI infection
• C) highest rate of teen pregnancy
• D) highest rate of adolescent use of contraception

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