SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY
1. ABSTINENCE
 ALWAYS CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE
 100% EFFECTIVE METHOD OF PREVENTING
PREGNANCY AND STD’S
 THE BEST OVERALL CHOICE FOR TEENS
2. ABSTAINING IS EASY
 TALK OPENLY WITH YOUR PARTNER ABOUT
WAITING
 TALK TO PARENTS OR ADULTS – ADULTS WERE
ONCE TEENS
 PRACTICE REFUSAL SKILLS
1. Use the word NO – there is no good substitute
2. Use strong nonverbal messages- your body language
should say NO!
3. Keep repeating the message as much as needed, do not
give in!
4. Suggest alternative activities
5. Reject the activity, not the person- use relationship
building statements when appropriate
3. ADVANTAGES
 Offers 100% protection against HIV and other STI’s.
 100% effective way to avoid pregnancy.
 No medical or hormonal side effects.
 Doesn’t cost anything.
 Security that you are not being pursued for sexual reasons
4. DISADVANTAGES
 One partner may decide he/she no longer want to
remain abstinent while the other partner wants to
continue practicing abstinence.
5. FACTS TO KNOW
 Not everybody is having sex! For instance, more than
half of teenagers are virgins until they are at least 17.
 Talk before it’s too late!
 Periodic abstinence does not offer the same amount of
effectiveness.
6. MAIN REASONS TEENAGERS CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN
 Want to wait for a committed relationship
87%
 Worry about STD
85%
 Worry about pregnancy
84%
 Want to wait until older
84%
 Worry about HIV/AIDS
83%
 Waiting to meet the right person
80%
 Just not ready for sex
79%
 Want to wait until marriage
71%
 Against religious beliefs
40%
 Lack of opportunity
38%
TEEN SEX AND PREGNANCY
1. SEXUAL ACTIVITY
 8 IN 10 GIRLS AND 7 IN 10 BOYS ARE
SEXUALLY INEXPERIENCED AT AGE 15
 SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INCREASES WITH AGE
 YOUNG PEOPLE BEGIN TO HAVE SEX IN THEIR
LATE TEENS
 AGES 15 – 19 - MALES = 56% - FEMALES= 51%
 AGE 15 - MALES = 27% - FEMALES = 24%
 AGE 16 – MALES = 45% - FEMALES = 39%
 AGE 17 – MALES = 59% - FEMALES = 52%
 AGE 18 – MALES = 68% - FEMALES = 65%
 AGE 19 – MALES = 85% - FEMALES = 77%
2. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
 IN A SINGLE ACT OF UNPROTECTED SEX
WITH AN INFECTED PARTNER, A TEENAGE
WOMAN HAS A 1% RISK OF ACQUIRING HIV,
A 30% RISK OF GENITAL HERPES AND A 50%
CHANCE OF CONTRACTING GONORRHEA.
 EVERY YEAR 3 MILLION TEENS – ABOUT 1 IN
4 SEXUALLY ACTIVE TEENS ACQUIRE AN STD
 7 OUT OF 10 TEENS HAVE AN STD AND DON’T
KNOW IT YET!!
3. TEEN PREGNANCY
 EACH YEAR, 800,000 TEENAGE WOMEN
BECOME PREGNANT, IN 2010 IT WAS 3
MILLION
 TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE DECLINED 26%
FROM 2007 TO THIS PRESENT DAY
 78% OF TEEN PREGNANCIES ARE
UNPLANNED
 6 IN 10 TEEN PREGNANCIES OCCUR AMONG
18-19 YEAR-OLDS
 TEEN PREGNANCY RATES ARE HIGHEST IN
THE U.S. THAN OTHER DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES
 RATE OF DECLINE IS FROM DECREASED
SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND MORE EFFECTIVE
USE OF CONTRACEPTION
 TEEN PREGNANCY OUTCOMES – 14%
MISCARRIAGES, 30% ABORTIONS, AND 56%
BIRTH
 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY RANKS 26 IN TEEN
PREGANCIES OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS
4. CHILD BEARING
 13% OF ALL U.S. BIRTHS ARE TO TEENS
 78% OF BIRTHS TO TEENS OCCUR OUTSIDE
OF MARRIAGE
 25% OF TEENAGE MOTHERS HAVE A SECOND
CHILD WITHIN 2 YEARS OF THE FIRST CHILD
5. ABORTION
 4 IN 10 PREGNANCIES ARE TERMINATED
 275,000 PER YEAR
 ABORTION RATES ARE DECLINING SINCE
2000
 PA. HAS A MANDATORY PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT LAW IN EFFECT FOR A MINOR
SEEKING AN ABORTION