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November 2015 – Studies of students in New York and Minnesota, published by Teenwise Minnesota and the American Journal of Public Health, found that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are more likely than their peers to have been pregnant or caused a pregnancy.

In Minnesota, 2.4% of heterosexual males and 1.5% of heterosexual females in ninth through eleventh grade had experienced pregnancy, compared to 8.9% of bisexual males and 8.2% of bisexual females.

In New York, twice as many lesbian and bisexual females had been pregnant compared to heterosexual females, and three times as many bisexual and gay males had caused a pregnancy compared to heterosexual boys. Studies also show homosexuals and bisexuals have higher rates of drug and alcohol use at the time of a sexual encounter.

gospelcoalition.org, 8/14/15; stmedia.startribune.com, 8/06/15; reuters.com, 5/14/15