abstinence

Researchers say that programs advocating abstinence until marriage fail to get teens to delay sexual activity and also prevent them from getting important information about pregnancy and STDs.

Sexually active teenagers are more likely to use birth control and are choosing forms that are more effective, a study finds. Births to teens dropped by 36 percent from 2007 to 2013.

More Duval County middle and high schoolers are abstaining from sex. The Center for Disease Control’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows the percent of...