If that very first time you become pregnant or receive a STD, you can't go back and redo your mistake. ... You must have yourself and your partner tested for any diseases, and the most important, use protection, birth control, and condoms. ... (Dan Carrel HIV information October 2000 ) Does youth need sex education? ... Today's youth have twisted the meaning of sex ed. ... Many teens have not given sex education and a chance, and have really sat shown and listened to sex education teachers. ...

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Most teenagers have heard or coined the phrases "everyone's doing it." "If you loved me you"d do it" and also "It's okay I have a condom." ... To do so a married couple must join as one loving body or to have sexual intercourse. ... A married individual normally does not have to deal with such problems. ... When your child comes to you and tell you that their boy/girlfriend is pressuring them for sex you can be able to tell them to abstain. ...

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Most teenagers have heard or coined the phrases "everyone's doing it." "If you loved me you"d do it" and also "It's okay I have a condom." ... To do so a married couple must join as one loving body or to have sexual intercourse. ... A married individual normally does not have to deal with such problems. ... When your child comes to you and tell you that their boy/girlfriend is pressuring them for sex you can be able to tell them to abstain. ...

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Now those kids might end up having sex when they become teenagers. ... Teens have higher rates of contracting gonorrhea than do sexually active men and women aged 20 to 44. ... Holding a secret that immense inside you causes great stress and emotional upset. ... Another major concern for teenagers having sex is that some people feel that the teenager should have the right to choose what to do with their own bodies. ... If teens want to go out and have sex, then so be it. ...

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Parents do have the right to teach their children about human sexuality, but many of them do not elaborate enough about the topic. ... Other parents do not have the time to talk about the subject. ... Researchers do not know how bacterial vaginosis is caused, but they do know that having a new sex partner can upset the balance of bacteria in the vagina. ... You insert the diaphragm into the vagina and it covers the cervix. ... Sex education will teach teenagers about birth control and how to use it. ...

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Pre-marital Sex is wrong How many of you think Pre-marital sex is wrong? ... Most teenagers does not feel guilty for having sex before marriage. ... Sex does not constitute love. ... Acknowledge responsibility for your body and what you do with it. ... Always think about the causes that you could have before doing something that you will regret later. ...

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European teenagers have just as much sex as we do but their pregnancy rate is 2 to 6 times lower than ours. ... But, did you know that both the anti-abortion movement and the pro-choice movement have avoided encouraging birth control? ... Why do I say it is a futile argument? ... It may surprise you but about 30% of all Protestant and Catholic women have had at least one abortion, but only 11% of Jewish and 22% of unreligious women have had an abortion (Moulton pg.137). ... "Love is primarily an act of the will, but has tremendous emotional overtones because it has to do with how we relate to...

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In your mind, you know that having sex can lead to pregnancy. Sometimes you do not connect the fact that it "you" are the one who is having sex there is a chance the "you" could get pregnant, or if you"re a male cause pregnancy. ... The problems become even greater when you do not admit that having sex can cause and unwanted pregnancy. As one teenager said "There is more to having sex than just doing it." ... If you were fertile that meant you would have more kids. ...

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Since the ninety's teenagers think they are mature, that they know how to handle every problem, that they are independent, and that they know the meaning of love and know the responsablities that come with having sex, but they don't. ... Pre-martial sex is to engage in sexual intercourse with someone before you are married to that person. ... Some do drugs, others deal drugs, but many engage in sex. ... Catholic, vol. 61 p32-34) Before you engage in anything you have to be sure of what you are doing. ... Because if they are old and mature enough to engage in the sex then they ha...

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In the mix of this peer pressure, is often a push to have sex. ... This resulted in me having unprotected sex, and thus becoming pregnant. ... I learned how to care for myself and baby. ... This was not about saying, "here go have sex", it was more "I know your active so lets make sure you are protected". ... She did not use birth control on her own out of embarrassment of having to purchase them and the lack of funds to do so anyway. ...

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But how do we determine whether it is nonviable or not? ... A pro-choice advocate would exclaim, "That's ok, but how do we tell whether an embryo is a person? ... I would reply to them that yes, indeed you are committing murder when you have an abortion, because an embryo is a unique person from conception. ... (Willke, ch. 10) So, what you are really doing is killing a person. ... If she thinks she's old enough to handle having sex, she is old enough to make a commitment to the consequences of having sex. ...

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You may think that you don't have another choice, besides keeping the child or having it aborted well aren't you forgetting adoption? ... Many people think that abortion is just something that you do because you don't want your baby or because you are not ready for it, which you may not be, but the truth is it kills the lives of many unborn babies who didn't have a single chance in this world. ... However, for those who have not been raped and who willfully had sex and got pregnant, I don't think that is the right thing to do. ... Could you ever think of doing that to...

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Every where you go you hear people saying, you see things that say sex is bad, sex is good, don't have sex. ... Another aspect that is difficult in trying to start a relationship is how do you go from initial attractiveness to expressing your emotion and when is the right time to do so. ... They say that they send signs such as touching of the hair or nervousness talking to you but how are you to pick up these signs. ... Not only do STD's make you uncomfortable with yourself and with others is it can affect you health. ... Conceiving children is another aspect you have to face if ...

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All teens have their own opinions about everything that they do and don't do. I personally feel that if you don't want to have sex then you won't. ... Teenagers have this misunderstanding about sex. ... I feel that sexual abstinence is the best way to go about until you feel that you have found that special person to share such a tender thing with. ... Sex education help prepare the youth for changes in their bodies, sex effects and consequences, and how to respond and deal with dating. ...

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The choice to raise a baby is also a life time decision, so before you go off and have sex think twice about the consequences that can happen like getting pregnant. ... We complain about how much money is spent but Tamburi 2 what they need to do is find more solutions to help prevent teenage pregnancy. ... Then you get to 7th grade you have it again but that stops until you get to be a sophomore in high school. ... The government should make T.V. ads like how they do for alcohol and drugs. ... But then again if they do decide to make the choice to have sex the...

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When is it the right time to have sex? Some individuals may say intercourse is appropriate for marriage; wait until you say ''I do.... Our topic is about the cause and effect of teenagers having unprotected sex. ... Teenagers want to know about sex and if they do not have prior knowledge of it then they'll learn on their own. ... Without the knowledge of safe sex these teenagers will have unprotected sex. ...

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Being a teenager means that you have many more tasks to accomplish and many more physical and emotional changes to go through. ... When interviewing Andrea, the main focus was to find out from her why teens are having sex and how it can be prevented. She said "Many movies show sex as being fun and that they should do it. ... When your friends are doing it, you want to fit in so you do what they do". ... It may have a reverse effect and the teen may actually go and do it". ...

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" There's nothing worse than having a baby put in your arms when you are hoping for one of the opposite sex." ... Many couples do not have the luck of being able to conceive naturally. ... So, does this not mean that the other five embryos, both of the unwanted sex or multiple embryos of the wanted sex, are not implanted and therefore do not continue living? ... Many saying that, "If my husband and I had the finances to do IVF sex selection, we would do it in a flash." ... However, these methods are only giving you a better chance of conceiving a baby of the sex you want and are not alw...

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What do you do? Do you get an abortion and never have to think about the baby again? Or do you keep it? If you keep it, how in the world will you learn how to be a mother so soon? ... It wasn't their fault that you had sex and got pregnant. ...

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Many people agree that abortion is wrong, what makes you think that you have the right to kill the child just because you were too ignorant to have protected sex. ... At least you could do is put it up for adoption, and go to support groups and seek other help. Yeah, no one is perfect but the least someone could do it give the baby a chance to see how life is and grow up and maybe have a loving and caring family. ... I mean you shouldn't take the chance of having sex if you don't want the responsibility; like that saying goes "If you can't take the heat get out the kitchen."...

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Teenagers and Contraceptives Do teenagers have sexual intercourse? ... These shows portray an image that having sex makes you fit in. ... If the goal of many is to have teens practice safe sex, how would half of these teens obtain that contraceptive? ... Some may feel that teens do have accessible places to receive contraceptives. ... This may be: however, teens are going to have sex regardless of how adults feel. ...

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Or Why are teens in such a rush to have sex? ... Very few of the young teen have voluntary sex, and more than half of all teens remain virgins until they are seventeen. ... With the absence of a strong relationship between parent and child, the child will turn to friends and if their friends are having sex, a teen will most likely do the same. ... We have to do something about sex abuse, and violence in our culture. ... From seeing first hand how teenage pregnancy can alter your life, I opt to abstain from sex. ...

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Teens have higher rates of contracting gonorrhea than do sexually active men and women aged 20 to 45. ... Holding a secret that big inside you causes great stress and emotional troubles. ... If teens want to go out and have sex, then so be it. ... Students are talking about how great sex is and how much they "do it". ... One might pressure the other to have sex. ...

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All you have to do is love your child and everything else in life will be just fine. ... About 80% of young people have sex as a teenager. ... We have found that even today in our society many teens feel pressured into having sex. ... As adults it is our responsibility to keep children aware of the outcome of having unsafe sex. ... As both a mother and a person that received a lifetime memory as a teenager I can tell you that the few moments of fun and excitement that I had does not even compare to what I have gone through. ...

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I am not saying that all couples who get pregnant before marriage have major problems but a lot do. ... You may think that you know each other inside and out but you will be surprised at how much you do not know about your beloved. ... There have been a lot of studies released in recent years talking about how the fact that when a couple lives together before marriage their marital success rate drops significantly. ... This perspective is coming from someone who can't imagine having sex with someone that I don't like so bear with me. ... Next time you decide to have less than p...

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