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We believe that the only real way we can reduce the rates of teen pregnancy is by providing proper resources, tools, and education. You can engage in social and ever sexual activities, and still avoid the consequences as long as you take proper precautions. Carry condoms with you, take birth control pills, and understand how your body works. Be prepared and protect yourselves.

Other people may tell you that the only way to avoid pregnancy and STDs is to abstain. They may insist on making pledges of abstinence, wear a ring, and pledge to keep your virginity until marriage.

Wearing a ring won't keep you from getting pregnant.

This is unrealistic behavior. In the heat of the moment, are you really going to be thinking about the consequences of what you're about to do? Are you really going to never be intimate with someone who care about? We understand that teenagers are exploring their sexuality, and it is unrealistic to expect you to deny that natural desire. Abstinence rarely works, because if your willpower fails you, you find yourself unprepared and unprotected.

Instead of making empty promises of celibacy, be prepared and carry a condom. You never know when you will need it.