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Abstainance Facts

1. Sexually active adolescents, both boys and girls, are far likelier to be depressed and to attempt suicide than those still virgins.
2. The majority of adolescents who become sexually active frequently change sexual partners and will have more sexual partners in their lifetime. This puts them at greater risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
3. STIs are epidemic among adolescents. About 50% of sexually active adolescents are infected with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). HPV causes 99% of cervical cancer and 99% of truly abnormal pap smears. This cancer causes about as many deaths among women as AIDS.
4. 10% of sexually active teens are infected with Chlamydia, a major cause of infertility.
5. 20% of sexually active teens are infected with Herpes, a life-long disabling problem.
6. The National Institutes of Health and other sources note that condoms have limited value in reducing STI risk. Condoms, if used 100% of the time, reduce the risk of HIV by 85%; but only reduce the infection rate of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Herpes by 50%.
7. Condoms do not reduce the infection risk at all for HPV, the most common STI for adolescents.
8. 66% of sexually active teens wish they had waited!