Paul, I agree with you about avoiding stereotypes.  Out of wedlock pregnancy happens all over the country, and the Bible Belt states seem to rely more often on 'abstinence-only'.  Often (not always) little thought is given to teaching kids how to avoid a situation in the first place, because 'my kid wouldn't do that'.    (I know some in Lane Co.) There are parents all over the country who object to sex education for one reason or another, and not all are conservatives.  Mississippi allows sex ed. in 8th grade.  My memory of the southern states is that more parents (at least in my family) seem to be realistic about the temptations their kids will face, and do their best to head them off.  Given that, I don't believe Eric is engaging in 'hate' at all, because in many places 13-year-olds do get pregnant, and not always by ignorance.