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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1978
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WASHINGTON — Statistics on
^sexual behavior of teen-agers
are distorted to win ac-
Jtance for contraception and
Ttion programs for young wo-
a leading Catholic anti-
|-tion spokesman said Wednes-
be testimony prepared for the
hse Select Committee on Popu-
b followed evidence that un-
jried teen-agers have more abor-
; than than live births.
“Despite the contrary impres
sion, overall rates of teen-age
childbearing have actually fallen in
recent years,” said Monsigner
James T. McHugh, staff director of
the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life
Activities.
McHugh’s suggestion that teen
age pregnancy is dropping con
trasted with the findings of Wendy
Baldwin of the National Institutes of
Health. Baldwin said the illegiti-
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LPINE, Texas-Tiny bugs that
poisonous weeds eventually may
trim rangelands of toxic plants
at can paralyze and kill cattle, ac
ting to researchers.
Scientists at the Chihuabuan
|ert Research Institute want to
out if insects native to the
hwest can be used to control
;e weeds that have pestered
itock and ranchers since the
of the buffalo. Then they want
nd out which bugs wovdd be
for the job.
Apparently they've discovered
jile a few insects that are natural
I on weeds, ’ said Dwight Deal,
[cation director. “What we re hi
ed with right now is basically
rmininga little bit about the life
leofthese critters.’
Grainer Hunt, research di-
or, called the project a “shot in
dark.” Although there is no
on to believe it will work, he said,
certainly worth investigating.
[Tlie wooly loco weed is a posion-
plant in West Texas,” Hunt
. “The kinds of insects haven’t
n determined, but we think
e are some natural insects that
ontrol it. But we re not sure.
Initial studies focus on fly, weevil
and moth larvae that feed on the
flower, seeds and roots of the plant.
Experiments in California have
had limited success using non
native insects to trim patches of
non-native weeds, such as Russian
thistle or tumbleweeds, but the in
teraction between weeds and in
sects native to the Southwest is rela
tively unknown.
Ultimately, the researchers want
to find out which of the bugs should
be bred and then placed among un
wanted weeds.
“The insects will reduce the
numbers of the plant species to a
certain level, but it won t give com
plete eradication, ' said Wehmeyer.
“Hopefully, a certain equilibrium
will be reached where there are still
some plants around.
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macy rate for teen-age mothers
soared in the past 15 years.
“Out-of-wedlock childbearing is
increasingly becoming a teen-age
phenomenon, as teen-agers are re
sponsible for 52 percent of the out-
of-wedlock births,” she told the
panel Tuesday.
McHugh said Wednesday that
teen pregnancy statistics often are
distorted “so as to increase the crisis
atmosphere and generate ac
ceptance for government-funded
programs of abortion and contracep
tion for teen-agers without parental
knowledge or consent.”
He said sex education reflects “a
utilitarian philosophy (give con
traceptive information to cut down
out of wedlock pregnancy) while re-
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fusing to acknowledge moral prin
ciples.
“Sexual responsibility must be
grounded in moral principles and no
amount of information or ‘sexual
counseling’ can substitute for moral
conviction.”
Harriet Presser, University of
Maryland professor of sociology,
cited the costs of teen pregnancy.
“Teen-age childbearing... is as
sociated with higher morbidity and
mortality rates for the mother, the
fetus and the child, ’ she said.
Babies of young mothers are gener
ally smaller and often more suscep
tible to illness, mental retardation
and birth defects, she added.
“Young teen-age mothers, in par
ticular, may have to drop out of
school or stop working, at least tem
porarily,’ she said. Those mothers
thus have lower skills, narrow job
options, little opportunity, and in
creased social and economic pres
sures, so that many “find public as
sistance the only short-term solu
tion.
“It is thus not surprising that over
two-thirds of teen-ager mothers in
one group studied became welfare
recipients soon after the birth of
their first child, she said.
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