Let’s talk about (teenage) sex, baby

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In a world of Oprah-for-president rumors and Russia-Trump collusion theories, there is some good news: Teenagers are having less sex.

According to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there’s been an “overall decrease in the prevalence of ever having had sexual intercourse during 2005-2015” and “[n]ationwide, the proportion of high school students who had ever had sexual intercourse decreased significantly overall and among 9th and 10th grade students, non-Hispanic black (black) students in all grades, and Hispanic students in three grades.”

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