In Canada and Western Europe,where community- and school-based clinics offer adolescents contraceptives and where universal health insurance helps pay for them,__________ than in the United States.
A) teenage sexual activity is much higher
B) teenage sexual activity is much lower
C) pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion rates are much higher
D) pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion rates are much lower

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Access to contraceptives through community- and school-based clinics, as well as universal health insurance, has been shown to significantly reduce rates of teenage pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion. Therefore, in Canada and Western Europe where these resources are available, the rates of these outcomes are much lower compared to the United States where access to contraceptives is more limited.

In Canada and Western Europe,where Community- and School-Based Clinics Offer