How many girls do you see at school who are pregnant? Have you ever thought that maybe they didn't have "sex talks" with their parents or any kind of sex education at school? “The United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialized country. About 40 percent of American women become pregnant before age 20. This represents approximately 1 million pregnancies each year among women aged 15 to 19. (Annie E. Casey Foundation) Between the ages of 15 and 20, most adolescents, both men and women, do not have a stable job and are still in school. There are a lot of risks when a man and a woman decide to have sex. Having a sex education class would help reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy. Learning what can be done to prevent teen pregnancy and the consequences that can result will help reduce the amount of sexual activity among teens. Having a mandatory sex education class will benefit teens of the next generation. Some parents don't want their teenagers to have sex before marriage and some parents don't want schools to be responsible for teaching sex education to their children because they feel like it's their job . There has been a lot of controversy over sex education taught in schools. There is not a lot of sex education taught in schools and this is affecting the outcomes of our generation. A sex education class does not mean that students must commit to abstinence, because in reality most students will not stay abstinent and will be or are currently sexually active. "If we consider the increased risk of contraceptive failure versus the benefit of delay, it turns out that when it comes to pregnancy, women who engage have the same risk as those who do not. 'do not engage There are no long-term benefits...... middle of article ......ed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of Advocates for Youth. Bearman P. [Letter New York: Columbia University, 2002. Virginity promisedCommunication: A Series of National Surveys]. Menlo Park, California: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002. Hauser D. Five years of education. Abstinence Only Until Marriage: Impact Evaluation [Title V State Evaluations] Washington, DC: Youth Advocates, 2004 Kirby D. Emerging Responses: Research Findings on Programs Aimed at. reduce teen pregnancy Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2001 Annie E. Casey Foundation. “The Facts About Teen Pregnancy: An Overview.” » Adolescents and sex. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Contemporary Excerpted from “When Teenagers Have Sex: Issues and Trends: A Special Report on Children.” 1999. Opposing Viewpoints in Web Context October 15.. 2013