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Teen Sex Rate Stops Dropping

Condom use also levels off, reviving debate about abstinence sex ed

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2008 8:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – A decade-long drop in the teen sex rate leveled off between 2001-2007 and it may now be slowly rising again, the Washington Post reports. The government survey of thousands of high school students also found that an increase in condom use flattened out in 2003.... Read full story »

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