The issue of Planned Parenthood Clinic, abortion availability and contraception has absolutely nothing to do with young sexuality and their ability to master their prowess. The entire issue of abortion, contraception and moral corruption of the young is complete and absolute HOGWASH. They are all political wedge issues and nothing more.
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today (click title to entry - thank you)
Published: October 12, 2011
The percentage of teens 15 to 19 years old reporting that they have had sexual intercourse has continued a long-term decline and now stands at just over 40%, according to CDC survey data from 2006 to 2010.
Notably, the long-standing gender gap in adolescent sexual experience appears to have vanished, thanks to an especially steep decline in the proportion of boys and young men who reported having lost their virginity.
When a similar survey was conducted in 1988, 51.1% of unmarried teen girls/women and 60.4% of teen boys/men said they had had sexual intercourse at some point. In 2006-2010, these figures fell to 42.6% of women and 41.8% of men.
At the same time, among those who reported having sex, the proportion who used condoms during their first encounter has risen to 80% among males and 60% among females, the CDC reported. In the 1988 survey, barely half of either sex reported condom use at first sex....
