With the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western Hemisphere and 25% of teens having had a sexually transmitted infection, we should be paying careful attention to media messages about sexuality and contraception, says a revised policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media,” published in the medical journal Pediatrics. Web sites and TV shows that are well-liked by adolescents, and the way sex is portrayed in them may be major factors in the initiation of sexual intercourse, the authors write…

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