Preggo-ress on the News Article

I have chosen to do a short news article on the ever-increasing teen pregnancy issue. I've chosen to do this, because I am in the same situation. I'm just curious to see what a few other people think, as to the reason for the increase in teen sex and pregnancy, and address how it is we can help minimize the numbers. So far I had started an open bulletin on a pregnancy website under 'Teen Pregnancy'. I asked a few questions. To my surprise, some people were offeneded that I was writing about this for a journalism class! I had to remind them, that I too am in the same boat they're in... NOTHING to be offended by! I got a good discussion going on the reasons these teens feel as though teen sex and pregnancy is increasing. I feel that because we're all in the same situation, we have some reasonable beliefs as to why this is happening. I have so far found that most of the girls agree that they're seeing more cases of teen pregnancy, especially this year. Some felt that media played a huge role in affecting how we look at sexual relationships. The biggest thing was education, and how we should be educated. I found that most of the girls feel as though parents could help out a lot more in educating their children. Schools focus too much on 'abstinence', and not ways to prevent STDs and pregnancy, if sexually active. Schools seem to feel as though they're giving permission if they include this stuff. Most sexual education classes are taught for maybe a week, and then not really touched again. I am currently waiting to interview one of the teachers and former Registered nurses from one of my other schools on Monday. I'm also doing some researching on the numbers and statistics as well. So far I'm finding good information.