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Bet You Didn’t Know: Pregnancy Rate Down 44% Among Black Teens! (690 hits)

By Black Love And Marriage.com on September 10, 2011

In Black Family, Parenting

By Team BLAM

I couldn’t believe it when I read it. I read it again. Say what? African American teens have seen a decline in the pregnancy rate? This is EXCELLLENT! In the last several years there has been a more concentrated focus on examining and restoring the black family, moms and dads and children in our community. This statistic is encouraging to say the least. It says that with persistent and unwavering dedication we can begin to slowly but surely turn the statistics around in our community. We can educate and liberate ourselves out of dysfunctional thinking and patterns and into a more balanced and healthy reality.

So, everybody keep doing your part. Let’s continue to talk to our young people, accept them for who they are and challenge them to be all that God would have them to be at the same time. Each One. Teach One. It really does make a difference. Check out the report from ESSENCE below.

Source: ESSENCE.com

If you listen to the news, you would think that our community is the least responsible when it comes to safe s*x practices and unwanted pregnancies, but that’s actually false. We’re not the worst, by far, and lots of progress has been made.

Nationally, the teen pregnancy rate is down 40 percent and the teen birth rate is down one-third among all racial and ethnic groups, but progress has been most impressive in the African-American community. Among Black teens, the pregnancy rate has declined a whopping 44 percent and the teen birth rate has declined 47 percent. That’s tremendous news! That said, there’s still work to be done. It’s still true that 50 percent of all African-American girls in the U.S. will get pregnant at least once before their 20th birthday.

ESSENCE teamed up with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy for an unprecedented survey of 1,500 black youths, ages 13-21, to better understand their attitudes on s*x, dating, relationships, and the media, to look at how this affects their decisions.

Many of the results were alarming and require immediate action on the part of parents of Black children in America. For instance, although 9 out of 10 kids say they don’t want to get pregnant, 45 percent say they use birth control inconsistently. Nearly half of those surveyed who’ve had s*x admit that they felt pressure to go further than they wanted to and 48 percent admit to having lied to get out of an comfortable s*xual situation.

The media isn’t offering any alternatives to these unsettling statistics, the survey revealed. Seven out of 10 of the youth surveyed feel the TV shows and movies they watch portray them as s*xually aggressive and deviant, and less than 18 percent believe they actually see a true reflection of themselves on screen.

Parents can help to put an end to these troubling statistics, if they put in the effort that’s needed to educate and communicate with our children now. The survey reveals that parental influences are the strongest chance we have at reaching younger teens (ages 13-15). Remember that your kids want to hear from you. Sixty-seven percent of teens felt if more teens were open to talking with their parents about s*x, and could, there would be less teen pregnancy.

BLAM Fam: How do you communicate with your children about s*x? Do you even communicate at all? Be honest….

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Wow. Praise the Lord! I'm so happy to read this news and I am so glad you posted this information. I will be passing it on via email.

Saturday, September 10th 2011 at 11:52PM
Jen Fad

Hello to All,

It is not EXCELLENT news that pregnancy among Black Americans is down 44%. To the contrary it is bad and sad news and this is why.
When a people such as Black Americans is on the verge of becoming a sovereign people and to inherit a reasonable and fertile portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders it is very helpful that our population be as many as reasonably possible to build, sustain and advance the quality of our lives since we will no longer be a part or governed by White America.

For instance, take Moses and the children of Israel for example. Egypt was the host country of the children of Israel. White America is the host country of Black Americans, okay.
Pharaoh set out to keep the population of the children of Israel under his control. Pharaoh wanted the population of the children of Israel to be not so much to the slave work and out of fear that the children of Israel might one day become their enemy.

In modern day times after World War II when the Jewish people were going to become a nation by the help of the Belford agreement the Jewish people monetarily encourage that people to have babies after babies to build, sustain and advance the quality of their new found sovereign life.

I realize that the factors and reasons for diminishing the population of the ancient children of Israel are very similar compared to Black Americans in today's time.

Despite Black America's ignorance and stupidity we know there is a very strong campaign in the Black community by Planned Parenthood to discourage pregnancy and promote abortions. Planned Parenthood is the equivalent of the midwife that Pharaoh encouraged to kill the male children and that is how Moses escaped Pharaoh's wrath. Am I making any sense?

There are many evils working against us to survive as an upright sovereign and free people. Likewise, there were many evils working against the children of Israel to survive as an upright sovereign free people. Black Americans exists not by our own choice. Our existence was orchestrated by the old slave master breeding themselves with their slaves to have more slaves to work in the cotton and tobacco plantations.

Anyway, it is not excellent news that the potential of our population has been diminished by 44%.

You all cannot see, but I can see since I am Black America's first genuine prophet. Black Americans are going to inherit a reasonable and fertile portion of this continent. Everything that I say is going to happen.

Moses could see, but the children of Israel could not see since Moses was their genuine prophet to lead them out of bondage and slavery. Moses had the eyes of God for the children of Israel. I have the eyes of God as well for Black Americans. Mohammed had eyes of God for the Arabian people.

Tell me what you think.

Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 10:07AM
Harry Watley

is there another statistic that says there are fewer African Americans due to birth control and abortions.

is there another statistic that says that there are more gay and inPrison African American men and women.

then i could believe this stat

i am an old negro league baseball player and love those stats..............

Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 1:26PM
powell robert

Hello Jake,

Out of over 2 million people in White America 19% are Black Americans as compared to over 60% Whites. So, we have 19% Blacks as compared to 60% Whites and the abortions are practically equal at 37% for Whites and 34% for Blacks.

In other words, the population of Blacks is dwindling three times as fast as Whites and you would be so naïve as to say it is excellent news that pregnancy among Black Americans is down by 44%. How can that be excellent news?

You asked how Black Americans could be self-sufficient while depending on the White America's government.
I think that you do not believe Black Americans are going to inherit a reasonable and fertile portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders to be self-sufficient as I have been saying all along.

For Black Americans self-sufficiency is sovereignty. But, the problem is that you don't believe Black Americans are going to become a sovereign people. You don't believe that I am Black America's first genuine prophet even though all my arguments and points are rational, logical and sensible.

So, the problem is not in me. The problem is that you all don't believe in logic and rationale which is Black America's first and most greatest struggle and that is to think intelligently based on the facts before you.

Anyway, it is not good news that Black Americans with a population of 19% are being destroyed three times as fast as Whites are by means of abortions.

Pharaoh's plans were to keep the population of the children of Israel at a minimum. Since it wasn't good news for the children of Israel that their population be kept at a minimal that Moses escaped the wrath of Pharaoh then why is it good news for you that Black America's pregnancy is down 44%?

Black Americans want to be free that we could decide for ourselves what our birthrate should be and not White America and Planned Parenthood insidiously destroying us.

What say you?

Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 3:01PM
Harry Watley

Jake,

I don't think you understand what I am saying. So, let me say it again for you.
The hell with marriage. Marriage is not our problem and neither is it our solution.

All these things of morals that you are talking about will come after we are secure in our country of sovereignty. These things are secondary and not primary.

What is primary is our desire to be self-sufficient and that translates into sovereignty on a reasonable and fertile portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders. Why is that so difficult for you and the rest of us to understand?

Black Americans will never be able to get it right in White America because Black Americans and White Americans are two different people, racially speaking.

Again, at the very top of the list is sovereignty and some where below sovereignty is marriage, education and economics. Do you understand?

What it is, is that you don't believe that Black Americans are going to become a sovereign people as I say because it is a tall order that you cannot wrap your head around because your mind is small.

What I am saying about sovereignty you believe it is impossible because you think White America is in principle. The ignorant children of Israel also thought Pharaoh was invincible and their Exodus was impossible.

Now, God freed the children of Israel why in hell do you not think that God could free Black Americans as well? Do you not have the example of Moses and the children of Israel to go by and believe?

Again, the hell with marriage, education, unemployment and etc. At the top of the list there our desire to be sovereign is listed first as in the order of priority.

In addition, I made the point that Black Americans of being destroyed three times as fast as White Americans by use of abortions and you are still telling me that stupid nonsense about marriage. I want to save my race as Moses wanted to and did save his race, the children of Israel.

What say you?

Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 3:48PM
Harry Watley

Hello Jake,

Now you are thinking to have at least asked the question do I not want my people, Black Americans claims before our sovereignty as the children of Israel were cleansed in the desert.

Yes! Emphatically yes, I want Black Americans cleanse and that is happening right here on this continent as we speak.

Since the children of Israel cleansing was not done in Egypt, but Black America's cleansing will be done on this continent is another difference between Black Americans and the children of Israel.

I said before that although our plights are very, very similar they are not exactly the same. So, be careful when you think I am doing something I shouldn't be doing because it is not how God did it for the children of Israel. Your mind must have the latitude to understand that our plights are very, very similar but they are not exactly the same.

Anyway, Black Americans are going to be cleansed and the cleansing has already begun.

The cleansing of the children of Israel did not just begin in the desert. It began when Moses was anointed to come back the Egypt. The cleansing began with the first word that came out of Moses mouth that began the Exodus which landed them in the desert. But, the cleansing began with the first word out of Moses mouth.

Black America's cleansing began with the first word out of my mouth as well and it is continuing now as you when I dialogue back-and-forth in a comprehensive and coherent way.

What I mean by comprehensive and coherent is that Black America's only solution and salvation is that we must desire to become a sovereign people which is our solution and our salvation is the territory we are going to inherit that we could call our very own country with borders.

So, our attention should not be on marriage, education and economics or who is going to become the next president of the United States. Our attention and desire should be on our sovereignty which is the only solution to our problems since we came into existence 500 years ago in plantation slavery.

We already have our prophet. We have our religion and now we need to get ourselves straight in preparation to handle the enormous task of being a sovereign people.

You must give up these frivolous concepts that you have and the Black Hebrew Israelite organization because you all eventually will become a part of me. All Black Americans, Jews, Christians, Muslims and Gentiles will unite as one people to become a sovereign people and take our place among other sovereign countries because I am anointed.

I am Black America's first genuine prophet and everything I say is going to happen in my life.

What say you?

Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 4:40PM
Harry Watley

It's a great thing that the teen pregnancy rate is down in the Black community of today. That means today's Black female teens are ceasing having babies out of wedlock for worldly and Godly ambitions so that they won't be a slave and a statistic to the slavemaster's welfare system.
Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 6:07PM
Siebra Muhammad

AWESOME!!!!
Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 10:49PM
Cynthia Merrill Artis

the ole loco prophet... needs to start cleansing his "potty mouth" ....
Sunday, September 11th 2011 at 11:00PM
Cynthia Merrill Artis