1. Linda Valdez and Ellen Goodman argue that enforcing statutory rape laws can reduce teenage pregnancy by deterring relationships between older men and teenage girls. Laura Duberstein Lindberg et al. contend that teenage parents are closer in age than some research suggests, so statutory rape laws may not be effective in reducing teenage pregnancy. Whose evidence do you find most persuasive and why"

2. Jacqueline L. Stock, Michelle A. Bell, Debra K. Boyer, and Frederick A. Connell argue that teenage girls who have suffered sexual abuse are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors that may lead to pregnancy, such as unprotected sex and drug abuse, than girls who have not been abused. Do you find their argument persuasive? Why, or why not? What factors other than sexual abuse contribute to high-risk behavior and teenage pregnancy"

3. Jo Ann Wentzel contends that inaccurate sex information contributes to teenage pregnancy...