Teens and Condoms

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Teens and Condoms Crystal, a high school junior needed a dated for the senior prom. So, she asked one of her male friends, Doug, that she knew for a long time. So that night of the prom they felt that having sex would end the night right. So, they had intercourse but both Crystal and Doug forgot to use a condom because it was both of their first time. A month later and Crystal finds she is pregnancy and tells Doug. Doug denies that the baby is his and calls her out her name. A week goes by and Crystal kills herself because she can’t handle the fact that she’s going to be a single mother and what her parents would do to her. This could have been avoided if both Crystal and Doug would have ask each other for a condom or someone would have remind them about condoms. In Gus Rosendale article “Brooklyn High School to Distribute Condom at Prom” condoms are being passed out at prom to remind teens to use condoms. In Europe countries condoms are place in every student at school for free. This measure really helpful in achieving the main goal of the campaign; which is decrease high school drop outs rates, decreases the rates of teen pregnancy and venereal diseases. If Crystal would have not killed herself she would have to drop out of high school in order to provide for her baby. An online article “The Drop Out Crisis and Teen Pregnancy” states that “among drop outs, 30 percent of girls cite pregnancy or parenthood as a key reason they left school” (Marshall). And providing teen condoms and remain teens can help put a dent in high school dropout rate. Using a condom can help make a big different. A condom is like a wall that keeps any fluid from passing to one person to another. If a condom is used correctly, it can reduce the risk of getting an STD and help prevent pregnancy. In the article, “Condoms and STDs: Fact sheet for Public Health Personnel”, the author
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