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More Teen Girls Say No to Sex

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Good news: Fewer teenage girls are having sex, and those who are sexually active use effective contraceptives. That is the word from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The 2010 study found that 57 percent of female teens ages […]

Sex Education Works

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

By Cheryl Mattox Berry Would the U.S. Centers for Disease Control call lawmakers in states with an abstinence-only sex education policy and tell them that their stringent laws won’t solve the teen pregnancy problem. Exhibit A: CDC researchers attribute a decline in teen births to messages about sexual practices, use of contraceptives and greater awareness […]