It is New Years day and three expecting mothers
are praying that their baby will be the first born in Wayne
County. Events like this are exciting, normally. This year
all three of the expectant mothers were unmarried teenage
girls. They made the choice to not practice abstinence, and
paid the price for their actions. Abstinence is a word that
is mocked by teenagers today, but it is a word that all teenagers
need to know and respect. If those three young mothers had
practiced abstinence, then they would be living life like
any other teenager, carefree and responsible for only themselves.
They made the choice to have sex and now have been forced
to mature into motherhood, well before their time.
Those three mothers probably had the same reaction
as most teenagers now when they heard the word abstinence.
Some teens groan, others complain that abstinence simply is
not fun, and others laugh. Abstinence is not something that
is widely practiced or even respected in today's culture.
Who wants to practice abstinence when you could be out having
fun and risking the chance of becoming pregnant? The phrase,
"It won't happen to me," is one that most teenagers
think or say when talk of pregnancy comes up. Sure, there
are condoms and birth control, and even pills to take the
morning after, but none of those are one hundred percent accurate.
With all the ways to help prevent pregnancy,
and the declining moral standards of today's society, teenagers
are almost encouraged to have sex. Sexual Education classes
about seem to speak more of how to prevent getting a disease
or becoming pregnant then they do about not having sex at
all. Abstinence is a very important subject, and needs to
be taught as such. If teenagers know more about all the benefits
of abstaining from having sex, then maybe abstinence will
not be such an uncommon thing. Practicing abstinence protects
from diseases, unwanted pregnancies and spoiled reputations.
Teenagers talk, and nothing remains a secret for long. If
teenagers respect abstinence, and practice it, then maybe
a whole school year would pass without a teenager mother giving
birth.
To most teenagers abstinence sounds boring
and not very exciting, but do they realize that changing diapers
is not very exciting either? Whenever teenagers have sex,
they open themselves up to the possibility of becoming pregnant.
Are a few moments of fun really worth a whole life time of
commitment to a baby? By practicing abstinence you simply
avoid the risk of becoming pregnant all together. If a teenager
is not willing to give all their free time and attention to
their child, then they should just not take the risk of having
sex. The only way to be one hundred percent sure of staying
clear of that risk is to practice abstinence. Abstinence may
be boring, but it prevents pregnancy, and it is always one
hundred percent accurate, unlike that other stuff.
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