Ad Campaign Targets Sex With Underage Girls
From Times Wire Reports
The state is posting billboards with messages such as “Isn’t she a little young?” as part of a campaign to dissuade men from having sex with underage girls.
The campaign is aimed at reducing the number of young girls who have children with older men, the Virginia Department of Health said.
In 1999 and 2000 in Virginia, men over 18 were responsible for 219 births involving girls who were 13 and 14, the department said.
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