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'Go-Green' means conforming our actions to support our natural world, benefiting both nature and ourselves.

What can be more natural than allowing a pregnancy to continue to its natural end, and benefiting the mother with natural protection from breast cancer?

[Human Life Alliance Action News, Fall 2009]

Why do some teens become sexually active?

Sexual attraction
Society & media pressure
Peer pressure

Use of alcohol and drugs
Pressure from boyfriend/girlfriend
Desire to be considered "normal"
Parents’ example
Inappropriate sex education
Mistaken beliefs
Boredom
Low self-esteem
Loneliness
No good reasons to say "No"

The majority of sexually experienced teens wish they had waited…

[research from author Dr. Tom Lickona; Abstinence Educators’ Network, www.abednet.org]

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