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Teens Are Having Less Sex, and Using Contraceptives More

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control shows that teen sexual activity declined significantly from 1995 to 2004, and that contraceptive use among teens has improved. Larry Mantle talks with the study’s lead statistician Joyce Abma and Carol McCord, sex educator and sex therapist with the Kinsey Institute and Planned Parenthood at Indiana University.