Contraception

Birth Control Pill There are a number of different types of contraception out there, but none are going to offer the same protection against sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy as abstinence. If you aren’t having sex, you aren’t going to end up with an STD or an unplanned pregnancy. Period.

Though hormonal birth control methods (the pill, the patch, the shot) offer the highest protection against pregnancy, they offer no protection against STDs. And condoms? Well, with typical use, pregnancy occurs about one out of six times. And, to top it off, even a condom can’t offer 100-percent protection against an STD…not even HIV.

And these things can change your life. Think geometry is hard? Try waking up every night at 3 a.m. to feed a hungry baby. Think you’re busy with football practice? Try taking repeated trips to the doctor to get the genital warts removed.

So, yeah, that really sounds like “safe” sex. Do you feel protected?

"Safe" Sex?

Let's take a moment and look at the webster dictionary definition of the word safe:

SAFE = Free from harm or risk; secure from threat of danger, harm, or loss.

When is sex safe? It is 100% safe when you and your partner wait to have sex until marriage and you remain faithful to each other. In this case, neither of you have to worry about STDs and pregnancy outside of marriage. Studies show that couples who do not live together before getting married have a much better chance of their marriage not ending in divorce.