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Premarital or not, there are a lot of good reasons for young kids to hold off on having sex, and preventing STDs and pregnancy are only two of them. That said, a lot of teenagers won't wait to have sex for the same reasons they won't use protection, or they will use drugs, or they will drive drunk, or they will fight or steal or do any number of other stupid things that kids do. They are young and don't have very good judgment. I think teaching abstinence to teenagers is a good thing to do, but they should also know about STDs and birth control. Ignorance doesn't help anyone, but at the same time, who did you ever know that first heard about condoms or anything else sex related in health class?
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