Abstinence

WHat is abstinence?

• It's when you do not have any form of sexual activity.
• It's a self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.
• The term refers to sexual abstinence or abstinence from alcohol or food.

What is Abstinence

• It is when you make a promise not to do something that can put your self a risk.
• It can also represent smoking, fasting, drinking and drugs.

Statistics for Sti

• In 2008, there were an estimated 110 million prevalent STIs among women and men in the U.S.. Of these, more than 20%.
• The total estimated direct cost of STIs annually in the U.S. is $15.6 billion.
• Each year, one in four teens contracts an STD/STI.

Statistics for sti

• In a national survey of US physicians, fewer than one-third routinely screened patients for STI.
• More than half of all people will have an STI at some point in their lifetime.

Statistics of teen Pregnancy

• 3 in 10 teen American girls will get pregnant at least once before age 20.
• More than 50% of teen mothers never graduate from high school.
• Less than 2% of teen moms earn a college degree by age 30.

Statistics for teen pregnancy

• 8 out of 10 teen dads don’t marry the mother of their child.
• In 2008, the teen pregnancy rate among African-American and Hispanic teen girls, ages 15 to 19, was over two and a half times higher than the teen pregnancy rate among white teen girls of the same age group.

The cost of being a teen parent

• can expect to earn $28,000 less in the subsequent 15 years after the birth than if they had delayed until 20 or 21, according to the National Campaign report. Fathers of children born to teen mothers who were 17 and under earn some $27,000 less over the subsequent 18 years than those who have children with women who were 20 or 21.