>>>I was adding the lack of accountability (something taught by parents and role models) - you decided to take a cheap shot at the notion of "American Exceptionalism".
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>Why is it a cheap shot? Fact is that the US has the highest rate by far of all Western Nations. Tamar mentions evidence for a correlation with sex education. You propose choices and accountability. These suggestions carry the corollary that the US has the worst sex education and makes worse choices and is less accountable than other nations. That's not what "American Exceptionalism" is supposed to mean- iow you don't want to be exceptional for those reasons.
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>I'd have to point again to Walter Meester's homeland and to other nations line South Korea and Hong Kong with very low rates. What is the explanation? Not PC to say so- but I'd put it down to traditional family values, to strong community structures and if that's too difficult then how about lack of massive class separation between wealthy and poor people. A culture that cheerfully can accept the peasant as the pinnacle of society seems to have lots of positive spin-offs.

Gosh, that last paragraph would seem to overlap with the notion of raising youngsters to incorporate a thought process into their decisions.

You won't hear me say anything to deny that the U.S. has a bad pregnancy rate.