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QUESTIONS ABOUT STDS...
American Social Health Association: 1-800-227-8922 or www.ashastd.org or www.iwannaknow.org CDC/ AIDS National Hotline: 1-800-342-2437 Teen Health: www.teenhealth.org/teen Sex, Etc: www.sexetc.org Pause: www.fox.com/pause National HIV Testing Resources: www.hivtest.org
QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS... Teen Health: www.teenhealth.org/teen Pause: www.fox.com/pause
IF YOU'VE BEEN ABUSED OR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED... National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474 (1-866-331-8453 for the hearing impaired) or www.loveisrespect.org. National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 Covenant House: 1-800-999-9999 Healing Woman Foundation: 1-800-477-4111 National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 Contact the police or a local domestic violence center.
IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A CRISIS... Covenant House: 1-800-999-9999
IF YOU'VE RUN AWAY OR NEED SHELTER... Covenant House: 1-800-999-9999 National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
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Decisions!
The only 100% effective way to avoid having a baby is to not have sex. Abstinence is the most effective method of birth control and many teens choose this option. For some, this means not having sex until they're married.
Good Choices
Did you know that teens who abstain from sex are less likely to be depressed and to attempt suicide; to experience STDs; to have children out-of-wedlock; much more likely to be depressed, commit suicide
and to live in poverty and welfare dependence as adults?
A Difference
Halifax County Schools and Weldon City Schools are the recepients of a Community- Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) grant through the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children...