Study: Better birth control use driving down teen pregnancy

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Better contraceptive use rather than less sex is driving the decline in teen pregnancy rates, according to a new analysis released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute.

When researchers studied why risk for teen pregnancy declined 28 percent between 2007-12, they found that adolescent sexual activity didn’t change significantly, while use of and more effective methods of birth control increased.

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