<story><title>Colorado’s Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>breitling</author><text>I was thinking the same thing.  They have less of an incentive to use protection with this device implanted.  Let&amp;#x27;s wait and see until the STD numbers surface.&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, what&amp;#x27;s cheaper?  Having a baby or taking care of an STD?  Perhaps the benefits outweigh the costs.</text></item><item><author>explorigin</author><text>I wonder if there was also an increase in STDs. The article makes no mention.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>agentdrtran</author><text>Taking care of an STD will be cheaper for the individual and the state, without question.</text></comment>
<story><title>Colorado’s Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>breitling</author><text>I was thinking the same thing.  They have less of an incentive to use protection with this device implanted.  Let&amp;#x27;s wait and see until the STD numbers surface.&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, what&amp;#x27;s cheaper?  Having a baby or taking care of an STD?  Perhaps the benefits outweigh the costs.</text></item><item><author>explorigin</author><text>I wonder if there was also an increase in STDs. The article makes no mention.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AnotherZaphod</author><text>Given they are getting pregnant, suggests many of them are already having unprotected sex.</text></comment>