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Can masturbation cause pregnancy?
Some young people worry about that. It’s not possible to get pregnant from masturbating, unless semen is spilled on a woman’s vulva. Pregnancy can happen when a boy’s or a man’s sperm get in the vagina or on the vulva. In order for a pregnancy to occur, sperm needs to get inside the vagina and travel to the fallopian tubes connected to a woman's uterus. If it joins with an egg there to form a fertilized egg that attaches itself to the wall of the woman's uterus, pregnancy can begin. When you masturbate alone, that can’t happen. When a guy masturbates with a woman, he needs to be careful that his semen doesn’t touch her vulva.
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Myths and Facts About Masturbation - Planned Parenthood
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