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Teenage Pregnancy and a Way to Prevent It
Teenage pregnancy – it can't happen to me. This is the mindset that most teenagers have these days. Teenagers feel that they are invincible and that things, such as pregnancy, happens to others, but that they are immune to it. A lot of teenagers believe that you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex, if a girl is on her period, pregnancy cannot occur, among other myths. The reason teens believe this is that the education on sex isn't teaching them. Whether it is from their parents or school, teenagers aren't being educated on sex and pregnancy properly. The facts aren't being given to them; the risks aren't imbedded into their minds, and the statistics on what does happen aren't given to them straight. Without being taught effectively, teenagers don't realize that they don't have to have sex to be cool, that pregnancy can happen to them, and the consequences that can happen could possibly forever change their lives.......

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