Ideology or Evidence? Examining the Population-Level Impact of US Government Funding to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy.

The article discusses a conflict between science and ideology in U.S. public health policy regarding the impact of U.S. government funding and policy to prevent adolescent pregnancy. Topics include a study by Fox et al. suggesting that sexual risk avoidance funding was associated with an increase in state adolescent birthrates and Teen Pregnancy Prevention funding was associated with a decrease in those rates, and the tendency for U.S. adolescents to not receive comprehensive sex education.