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To segue, if you have religion and moral codes, stick to them. Use your old-fashioned rules and curfews to your advantage in this matter. Listen to your parents and the warning you hear about the risks of premarital sex. In the societal level, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is committed to providing programs that prevent out-of-wedlock teen pregnancies. They primarily encourage adolescents to remain abstinent and you can participate in these programs. President Bush’s budget in the year 2003 had an additional $33 million for abstinence education increasing the abstinence funding to $135 million. The Abstinence Education Program provides grants to states for educational activities like mentoring and counseling to promote abstinence from sexual activity until the time of marriage.
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