Teens, Sex, and Virginity - Teenagers and the Importance of Abstinence

Teenagers and the Importance of Abstinence Teenagers need to be taught to practice abstinence. By instruction this important lesson, youths will be less likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases, and they will be safe from un valued pregnancies that could lead to abortions. deuce-ace million people under the age of 20 in the united States become infected with a sexually transmitted disease each(prenominal) year. With 66 percent of high school students having had intercourse by graduation, these be are non surprising (Planned Parenthood-Helping Young). The effects of sexually transmitted diseases force out be devastating. Once a person contracts herpes, he must get over with it for the rest of his life. The HIV virus puts a person on the degenerate track to death. Growing up is hard enough for a sister without having to face his own mortality. I learned all I wanted to know about sexually transmitted diseases while attending spiritual school at my synagogue. I w as 13 at the time, but I still remember the experience vividly eight years later. sensation Wednesday night, the rabbis called all of the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders into the chapel for a special program. One of the teachers had fain a slide show to demonstrate the effects that a sexually transmitted disease had on the human body. The first several pictures were not too bad, showing not much more than some bumps almost a girls mouth. As the show progressed, the slides got more gruesome. A mans genitals with boastfully sores displayed the effects of herpes. Another slide showed the bottom of a girls foot that had a hole the size of a quarter in it, the STD eating remote at it like termites do an old house. I never give way forgotten that night, and I wish that every child ... ...ng People to handgrip Intercourse. 21 Mar. 1999. http//www.plannedparenthood.org/library/TEEN-Pregnancy/helpyoung.html>. Planned Parenthood. What to Expect if You Choose Abortion. 21 Mar. 1999. http//www.plannedparenthood.org/abortion/what-to-expect.htm>. Powell, Betsy. Dangers of Teen Abortion. San Francisco Chronicle 5 Apr. 1996 A23 Teen Pregnancy. CDC State-by-State Pregnancy Rates for Teens 15-19. 21 Mar. 1999. http//www.teenpregnancy.org/govrates.htm>. Teen Pregnancy. Teen Pregnancy Facts and Stats. 21 Mar. 1999. http//www.teenpregnancy.org/factstats.htm> Teen Pregnancy. Teen Voices. 21 Mar. 1999. http//www.teenpregnancy.org/teen/voices.html> Thomas, Cal. The Wrong Message. World Magazine. 11 Oct. 1997. Vol. 12, No. 21. Also put in at http//www.worldmag.com/world/issue/10-11-97/national_2.asp>.