Almost Half of Black Youth Report Pressure to Have Sex

New ESSENCE Magazine/National Campaign Survey Released(Washington, DC, Sept. 7, 2011) — Black youth report considerable pressure to have sex, according to a new survey of 1,500 black youth ages 13-21 released by ESSENCE Magazine and The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Of those who have had sex, 47% of those ages 13-21 (including 21% of those 13-15) say they have been pressured to go further sexually than they wanted to. The groundbreaking results are featured in the October issue of ESSENCE magazine, on newsstands September 12th. In the article, Our Teens’ Secret