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    Prevention

    Parents, doctors, teachers and most teens agree that having a baby when you are a teen is not a good idea. This section of our site deals with how to not get pregnant. The easiest way, of course, is not to have sex.

    Abstinence

    The decision to have sex is a personal one. These pages provide more information about virginity and peer pressure.

    • Defining Virginity
    • Second-Generation Virginity
    • Not Everyone's Doing it!
    • Gender Pressures and Virginity

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    Birth Control

    If you are going to have sex, there are many available methods of protection from pregnancy.

    Learn about various forms of birth control.
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