This guide and Web site were developed in partnership with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation as part of an ongoing public education initiative on sexual health issues.
You may think it can't happen to you but every year there are almost 3 million unintended pregnancies in this country. Among young people the problem is especially serious. Each year nearly 1 million young women aged 15 to 19 get pregnant; that's a little more than one in every ten teenagers, and three quarters of these pregnancies are unplanned. Among young women in their 20s and early 30s, the picture isn't much brighter: More than half of their pregnancies are total accidents.
Unintended pregnancy can have serious consequences for women and men: for your chances of finishing your education, for your financial future, and for the mother's health, not to mention the baby's health and development.
Get the facts on effective contraceptive methods--success rate, benefits, drawbacks and how to get them.
Thanks to all who participated in the FFYR: Protect Yourself "Online Talk Show" hosted by SuChin Pak with Real World's Trishelle, Steven, and Leslie Kantor, a sexual health expert. Check back to view the entire discussion.
