Report: Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister pregnant

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by Chrislit18

I personally think she idolizes her sister too much. And her mother isnt in her life enough apparently to talk about sex with her. [its a nightly conversation in my household. ] But the thing is, i always thought she was such a nice sweet girl who cared about her life.
that was short lived i guess

Well, I see what you're saying, but... you can have sex and still care about your life. Girls just need to stop being timid about it... just go get the protection you choose and keep it with you. Of course, I'm not saying YOU, Chris, I just mean.. on the whole.

Abstinence-only attitudes and sex ed programs are making this problem worse. It attaches unnecessary stigma to people for making a personal choice. For weaker personalities, I would venture a guess that it could definitely prevent a teen new to sex from going to talk to a doctor or mentor about sex issues because they're too "embarrassed" or feeling like they've done something "bad". It creates more problems than it solves really. No reason to weave morality into it; sex ed/life skills/whatever the hell the class is called needs to just teach kids about covering their asses before it gets handed to them.