More teens using oral contraceptives

More teens using oral contraceptives - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com: 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 number of commercially insured teens filling birth control prescriptions from 2002 to 2009 increased 63 percent, while prescriptions for those with Medicaid rose 38 percent. Older teens account for the bulk of the prescriptions.