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A report shows that sexually active teens are far more likely to be depressed and to attempt suicide than those who hold off until marriage.
More than a quarter (25%) of teen girls who said they were sexually active also said they had been depressed "a lot of the time" or "most or all of the time" in the previous week, compared to 7.7% of girls who said they weren't sexually active.
And, 60.2% of girls who refrained from sex said they were "never or rarely" depressed, compared to just 36.8 percent of sexually active girls who were never or rarely depressed.
For boys, 8.3% of those who were sexually active reported problems with depression, compared to just 3.4% for those who weren't.
Girls who were sexually active were 3 times more likely to say they had attempted suicide than those who weren't. Sexually active boys were nearly 9 times more likely to have attempted suicide.
The majority of teens who had become sexually active admitted they'd started too soon and expressed regret.
[Sex, sadness and suicide, Heritage Fdn., 3Jun03; data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, 1996, for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and 17 other federal agencies. The in-home survey (given with parental permission) interviewed 6,500 people 14-17 years old]
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Birth Control Archive
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For information on the history of birth control, click here. |
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Barrier Methods
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Please Note: Birth Control refers to many methods which block fertilization (union of sperm and egg), often referred to as "contraception", or which prevent a conceived human being from achieving birth, such as the IUD. Many birth control methods will be highlighted for their effectiveness - or ineffectiveness - in the prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs/STIs)
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Chemical Methods
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For information specifically related to Emergency Contraception (The Morning After Pill), please click here.
"Contraceptives" should actually block or prevent conception (fertilization), according to the term ("against conception"). However, progesterone "contraceptives" are primarily abortifacient (cause early abortions of conceived humans), and low-dose estrogen "contraceptives" allow break-through fertilization a percentage of the time, resulting in an abortifacient effect at times.
"Contraceptives" are therefore more correctly referred to as "Birth Control", because they control the number of births that result from actual pregnancies.
Birth Control refers to many methods which prevent a conceived human being from achieving birth. Many birth control methods will also be highlighted for their effectiveness or ineffectiveness in the prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Infections (STDs/STIs).
Chemical Birth Control methods provide NO protection against any STD, and may change the vaginal lining, making it more susceptible to STD infection. [CDC, 1998].
New studies show a significant relationship between Pill use, HPV (Human Papilloma Virus which results in genital/oral warts), and cervical cancer. HPV is present in 99% of all cervical cancer cases worldwide. Use of The Pill appears to dramatically increase the risk of cervical cancer in the presence of HPV, according to recent studies.
For more information on other Chemical Birth Control methods, visit other sections of this website, www.medinstitute.org, or www.plam.org.
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Emergency Contraception / Morning-After Pill
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High dose birth control pill regimens (estrogen or progesterone) used shortly after intercourse. Effect: if fertilization has not taken place yet, within the moments from fertilization until the regime is taken, EC may act as a true contraceptive and block fertilization; more likely, there has been no fertilization, and therefore, no effect; or, if fertilization has occurred, the effect may cause an early abortion ["pre-implantation effect"]. Long-term effect on the female body of such high dose hormones is not known.
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Natural Family Planning
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More studies are appearing from around the world regarding the estrogen pollution of waterways from chemical birth control, and its adverse effects, at least on various fish populations.
Most people oppose environmental pollution, but seldom think about the chemical pollution they inflict on their own bodies.
It is well documented that long-term exposure to estrogen may have a carcinogenic effect on the human body. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists most estrogens as carcinogenic substances.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an all-natural, body-friendly method of avoiding - or causing - pregnancy through a 98% effective 3-pronged plan of fertility awareness.
For many women, being aware of the power of their fertility is a very "freeing" sensation, as opposed to the "bondage" of chemical birth control methods that suppress normal body functions.
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For NFP research, visit www.omsoul.com/NFP_Directory/ click "Database of NFP Research"
Also Search for a Pro-Life Physician or NFP Instructor there, and at
http://hliamerica.org/provider-search
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Research & Statistics
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One in 5 adolsecents currently has an STD.
Over 80% of teens (8 of 10) are infected with at least one STD, but are not aware of the infection(s).
There is currently a 24% Pregnancy Rate for teens using condoms. This means approximately 24 of every 100 teen girls whose sex partners are using condoms will get pregnant.
[Abstinence Clearinghouse]
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Sterilization
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Sterilization
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Legislation, Government Involvement
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For information on the history of birth control, click here.
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Birth Control 
