“My mother called me a whore, because I was having sex,” said fourteen year old Maria, whom was pregnant, and couldn’t decide whether she wanted to have an abortion or give the baby up for adoption. Many teens like Maria think that it’s ok to have sex at a young age, or that if they have sex and don’t use protection, that they will never get pregnant. What most teens today don’t realize is that even if you’re having sex for the first time, there is always an 85% chance that you will get pregnant if you don’t use protection. Some forms of protection against teen pregnancy, are birth control, which you can get by taking the pill daily, wearing the patch weekly, or just getting the shot. Other forms of preventing teen pregnancy include a cervical cap, which is a soft, rubber cup that fits in the cervix during sexual intercourse. Condoms, are sheaths that fit on an erected penis, and are usually latex, and is used during sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Other forms of......
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