Doug as stated earlier, here in the UK we have the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in Europe

Rates of teen pregnancy have been linked to low socio enonomic status and resources have been put into developing better sex education programmes for the 13-15 age group.

However........

'Doctors who developed a sex education programme for schools throughout Britain have concluded it is no better at preventing unwanted pregnancies than traditional approaches

Known as Share, for "sexual health and relationships: safe, happy and responsible", the programme was designed by the Medical Research Council and NHS Health Scotland to improve sex education by using interactive videos, group work and role play to develop the skills needed for sexual relationships

In a study published yesterday in the British Medical Journal, lead researcher Marion Henderson at the MRC in Glasgow compared rates of pregnancies and abortions among 4,196 young women, half of whom took part in trials of the Share programme, and half of whom received traditional sex education.

The study followed the women from the age of 15 to 20 and found pregnancy rates were the same in both groups, at 300 per 1,000 women. Abortions were the same, with 120 women in every 1,000 having at least one termination'

'Sex education course fails to cut teenage pregnancies'
Ian Sample, science correspondent The Guardian, Tuesday November 21 2006