Health and Fitness

Planned Parenthood: Teens Need Continued Access to Sex Education and Contraception

New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)—June 13, 2014. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which tracks a variety of health-risk behaviors among high school students, including sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV infection. 

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The report found that less than half (46.8%) of students had ever had sexual intercourse and 34% were currently sexually active. Among sexually active youth, 86.3%…

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