Sunday, April 3, 2011

More U.S. teens using oral contraceptives, study says

 

More U.S. teenagers are using birth control pills, according to a new study by Thomson Reuters released on Thursday.

Eighteen percent of teenage women ages 13 to 18 filled prescriptions for oral contraceptives in 2009, a proportion that has steadily risen since 2002, the study found.

The number of commercially insured teens filling birth control prescriptions from 2002 to 2009 increased 50 percent, while prescriptions for those with Medicaid rose 29 percent. - Yahoo! News

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