“High divorce rates and teen pregnancy are worse in conservative states than liberal states”

Naomi Cahn and June Carbone write at the Christian Science Monitor: “But moral panic won’t help lower divorce rates and teen pregnancy in conservative states; education will . . . In the United States, states that emphasize abstinence-only education, limit public subsidies of contraception, restrict access to abortion – and, yes, oppose gay marriage – have higher teen birth and divorce rates.”