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“Nearly one million young women under age twenty become pregnant each year. This means close to two thousand and eight hundred teens get pregnant each day” (Facts). This is outrageous that so many teens are becoming pregnant. To prevent teenage pregnancy, teens should stay completely abstinent because it’s the most effective way of birth control, it decreases the chance of teenage pregnancy, and because birth control could possibly fail. If staying abstinent you have a 100% chance of not getting pregnant. “Abstinence is the most effective way of birth control” (Avert). It will also avoid an unplanned pregnancy because no teenager wants a baby when they are 16 or 17 years old. That wrecks the rest of their teenage years. Lastly, it could possibly give the girl a bad reputation and no girl wants to be known as the “slut” around their school. Contraception could be used if their decision is to not be abstinent, but if there is no contraception at all then that highly increases the chance of teen pregnancy. “A sexually active young woman who does not use a contraceptive has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant in 1 year” (Howard 34). “Contraceptive use is not always consistent and this is reflecting the adolescents’ developmental sense of invulnerability “(Howard 34). When an adult sees a teenager pregnant they look at that teen with disgust and they think “my daughter will never end up like that”, but in reality it could happen. “When a teenager in my practice turns up pregnant, my first reaction is often anger or disappointment” (Howard 35). Now, there’s one thing about birth control pills “they may fail” (Birth). Birth control is a good contraceptive, but girls could forget to take them. Girls are not always the best for remembering things. The pill could also fail. Around “9% of oral contraceptives fail” (Birth). Condoms are another type of contraceptive. They have their pros, but they also have their cons. A pro is that they will keep you from getting pregnant. A con is that “condoms can break or semen can leak from them” (Birth). Around “15% of male condoms fail” (Birth). To prevent teenage pregnancy teens should stay completely abstinent because it’s the most effective way of birth control, it decreases the chance of teenage pregnancy, and because birth control could possibly fail. Some people may not agree with this, but it’s true. Girls need to be put into reality and realize that being pregnant as a teen could possibly happen to them if they do not take the right precautions.

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