&quot;The first is the most important and may be obvious: Today&#x27;s teens enjoy better access to contraception and more convenient contraception than their predecessors, and more of them are taking advantage of innovations like long-acting injectable and implantable methods that can last years over a daily birth control pill. But the second cause is something that goes against the conventional wisdom. It&#x27;s that teens -- despite their portrayal in popular TV and movies as uninhibited and acting only on hormones -- are having less sex.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s interesting, but lets just take a long look at the FIRST cause, which has come at the cost of endless political fights and only exists through that constant fighting. There are still a LOT of people who think that access to birth control is the <i>problem</i>.