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Title: Teen pregnancy rates plunge as youngsters are too busy sexting . . .
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 04, 2017, 12:25:08 PM
The full headline is below.  I suppose that this is one good thing to come out of the sexting craze . . . :whistling: ::) :whatever:

It's three months old, though.

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No sex please we're texting Teen pregnancy rates plunge as youngsters are too busy sexting to get together in person

Experts say they spend so much time flirting online and sending raunchy social media messages on Facebook and Snapchat they have fewer meetings for romps

 By SARAH RIDLEY 
 
8th September 2016, 9:02 pm
 
TEENAGE pregnancies have fallen to a record low because youngsters are too busy sexting to have sex in person.

Experts say they spend so much time flirting online and sending raunchy social media messages on Facebook and Snapchat they have fewer meetings for romps.

The rate of pregnancies among girls under 18 in England and Wales has dropped by 45 per cent since 2007 — the year iPhones hit the UK.

It stands at the lowest level since records began almost 50 years ago.

Professor David Paton, an economist at Nottingham University Business School said: “Teens spend more time at home.

The rest of this 'revelation' is here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1751537/teen-pregnancy-rates-plunge-as-youngsters-are-too-busy-sexting-to-get-together-in-person/

Interesting . . . :whistling:

Title: Re: Teen pregnancy rates plunge as youngsters are too busy sexting . . .
Post by: Mr Mannn on January 04, 2017, 01:56:14 PM
Abstinence works every time. Who would have thought that?
Title: Re: Teen pregnancy rates plunge as youngsters are too busy sexting . . .
Post by: thundley4 on January 04, 2017, 02:43:35 PM
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TEENAGE pregnancies have fallen to a record low because youngsters are too busy sexting to have sex in person.

Planned Parenthood hardest hit.