Thrive: A Sexual Health Collective for Youth is excited to announce its public launch.

The Oklahoman reports that over the last 25-years, teen pregnancies have dropped overall, but nationally the rate is declining at a faster rate than in Oklahoma. This has kept Oklahoma near the top of the list.

Outbreaks of a deadly, sexually transmitted disease confound health officials, whose obstacles include drug shortages, uneducated doctors and gangs.

With flimsy justification, and in small type buried in routine documents, the Trump administration has informed 81 local governments and health groups that it will end grants they have received to run teen pregnancy prevention programs, two years before the grants are scheduled to end. The decision is unsettling even by the disquieting standards of this anti-science administration.

Trump administration’s decision to cut nationwide sex ed programs is putting many young lives at risk

Over the last 25-years, teen pregnancies have dropped overall, but nationally the rate is declining at a faster rate than in Oklahoma. This has kept Oklahoma near the top of the list.

"Results, not intentions, should drive government spending" (Our Views, July 30) highlighted the loss of significant federal funding for teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) activities in Oklahoma. We would like to clarify a few points made regarding a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health regarding its TPP program's evaluation results, and shed some light on our local efforts.

Two federal teen pregnancy prevention funding issues that will have a major and negative impact on Oklahoma need your attention: