"Sexual activity now has a mortality rate associated with it because of AIDS and cervical cancer. You can die from having intercourse or other sexual activities!" Brenda Taylor, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology
Sex isn't worth dying for...
Medical Implications of Virginity Pledge (Physicians Consortium, 1/2001)
The Physicians Consortium has produced an outstanding report entitled "A Perspective on the Medical Implications of the Virginity Pledge among Teens"
[The Physicians Consortium, 5Jan01; 612-827-9552]. It is an excellent report on the medical hope offered through teens signing the virginity pledge.