'Teen Mom' caused teen pregnancy rates to go DOWN?

See article here.

Shows like ‘16 and Pregnant’ and ‘Teen Mom’ take a lot of heat for glamorizing teen pregnancy/motherhood and increasing teen pregnancy rates. I’ve even seen people on Fluther claim that this is true. Well, according to the article linked above, these shows led to an increase in searches related to birth control and abortions and may contribute to 20,000 fewer possible births to teenage moms in 2010.

I must admit that ‘Teen Mom 2’ is a guilty pleasure of mine, even though I just sit there and think about how stupid they all are. I always thought that the people that claim the show “glamorizes” teen parenthood didn’t actually watch the show. I think one of the girls actually ended up staying with the baby’s father. The rest are constantly going through “baby daddy drama” or going from one horrible relationship to another. Either that, or they’re lonely. I’m not sure why a teenager would think that having a baby would be fun after watching what these girls go through – arrests, drug additions, dropping out of school, crappy jobs, no money. Then again, like the teen moms on the show, teenagers in real life can be pretty stupid as well.

What say you?