If 1 out of 6 girls under the age of 20 has been sexually abused, and half of those girls reject sex altogether because of it while the other half are promiscuous (due to the unnatural early exposure to sexual feelings they do not understand); then that explains promiscuity in 1 out of 12 woman. Stop the abuse and you will diminish the number of pregnancies to women who are less likely to provide a good home to a child.

Agreed. Stop the abuse! Stop abuse of all kinds. How on earth can we do that? Women and men have to be smarter about who they procreate with, and be able to spot an abuser ASAP. How do you stop the cycle of abuse? One idea is to make sure a mother puts her children before anything else - including an abusive spouse. How do you do that when a mother is financially dependent on a spouse? What about cultural pressures? What about leaving an abusive spouse and facing the abusive retaliation that comes with that? What about the mother facing social pressures to stay with a "great guy" that nobody could possibly believe was an abuser? Can you see why so many people stay with abusers? Can you see why they may get together with abusers in the first place? They recognize certain traits and are comfortable with them, it's all they know (from growing up with it). To stop the cycle of abuse, may I suggest this as a start: educate and empower the abused to obtain proof of their abuser's actions, give them the courage to present that proof, and then have all proven abusers have their gonads removed. I see no other way. Any better ideas?

what are the statistics that relate abused girls to unwed mothers? i'm curious.

regardless of how you were raised or educated or treated growing up IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN LIFE. period.

do not blame the past on present or future poor choices that now have permanent life long consequences.

You can choose to loose weight, but your probability of success is much greater if you have support in the form of the resources that help you (such as peer support, access to the right foods, etc.) Teens can choose to have or not to have sex, but without support and the resources available to support their choice, they are more likely to end up with an unplanned pregnancy. The victims of sexual abuse need appropriate intervention to support their decision making process, because as teens, they lack many of the resources that empower choice (e.g., insurance that covers counseling and/or birth control, or transportation to get to these resources.)