Poverty, low education correlates to teen pregnancy

How was a study published that addressed South Carolina data, but no major news outlet in South Carolina covered its findings?

Or did one, and I missed it?

As it is, I had to find out from The State Journal, West Virginia's "business newspaper," and from the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette that a study was published by Auburn University that connects high rates of poverty and low educational

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Study: Southern abstinence-only policies not working

Anyone who's landed on such unfortunate programs as "Teen Mom" and "16 and Pregnant," or who has spent a few hours in a normal middle or high school in our state could confirm some of this:Young people in the South have higher STD and teen pregnancy rates than their peers in other US regions, and the solution may be comprehensive sex education, according to a recent study by Auburn

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