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   safer two forms of contraception make us.  Of course, not all women are   
   having sex, so all estimates of unplanned pregnancy above and below are   
   exaggerated.   
      
   unplanned pregnancies using two forms of birth control   
   (perfect use): 60   
   (typical use): 15,000   
   unplanned pregnancies result with no contraception: 100,000,000/1.25 =   
   80,000,000   
   unplanned pregnancies result with condoms alone   
   (perfect use): 100,000,000/50 = 2,000,000   
   (typical use) 100,000,000/6.667 = 15,000,000   
   unplanned pregnancies result with birth control alone   
   (perfect use): 100,000,000/333=  300,300   
   (typical use) = 100,000,000/12.5 = 8,000,000   
      
   http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.abortion/browse_thread/t   
   read/4294a36767d26f88/103d6b66f152db01?q=PROMOTING+BIRTH+CONTROL   
   %3D+LESS+ABORTION&rnum=1&hl=en#103d6b66f152db01   
      
   Rates of adolescent birth, abortion and pregnancy per year (per 1,000   
   women aged 15-19) and abortion ratio (per 100 pregnancies)   
      
   Country    Birth rate   Abortion rate   Pregnancy rate   Abortion ratio   
   U.S.            54.4             29.2                 83.6       34.9   
   Real #'s    544,000       292,000           836,000            291,764   
   there are 10 million teen females   
   http://www.baby-parenting.com/pregnancy/teen_pregnancy_statistics.html   
      
   *Calculation is derived as 5,000*33,300=166,500,000   
   *see census data   
   http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/idbpyrs.pl?cty=US&out=s&ymax=250a   
      
      
   There are 5 main diseases which may be tested for when you go to an STD   
   clinic:   
   HIV   
   Herpes (blood test)   
   Gonorrhea   
   Chlamydia   
   Syphilis   
      
   There is currently no test for Genital Warts (HPV).   
      
   Many clinics apparently and unfortunately do not give a Herpes blood   
   test but it is most important to have your partners tested for Herpes   
   and HIV, because those are the currently two incurable diseases.   
      
   There are also 6 other diseases   
   Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU)   
   Trichomoniasis/Vaginitis   
   Molluscum Contagiosum   
   http://www.aad.org/public/Publications/pamphlets/MolluscumContagiosum.htm   
   Crabs   
   Scabies   
   Chancroid   
      
      
   While Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are curable; if left untreated they can   
   lead to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) which can cause permanent   
   infertility and effects 1 million women a year, if so inclined, see   
   http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/8799/8799/29362/197425.html?d=dmtHealthAZ   
      
   While Syphilis is also curable, and uncommon, it could eventually lead   
   to serious permanent conditions including death, if left untreated.   
      
   If you use condoms the risk of contracting HIV is at least 90% slimmer.   
      
   If you are vaccinated against Hepatitis B, then you won't get Hepatitis   
   B.  If you aren't vaccinated against Hepatitis B, then you surely want   
   to either: a) only sleep with those who are vaccinated b) have your   
   partners tested or c) get vaccinated   
   Because Hepatitis B may be incurable as well.   
   For any incurable diseases, proof of testing and vaccination if needed   
   would be nice.   
      
   So ideally you shall use condoms and have all your sex partners tested   
   once a month if not monogamous.  This will work if test centers are   
   close and cheap or free, and if same day results are given 20 minute   
   tests, etc.  Also the test center should provide people with a card to   
   carry in their wallet with name, stamp, and date, as proof of having   
   been tested.  If the tests are cheap enough to give, perhaps   
   advertising could turn this into a money making proposition, if   
   everyone got tested once a month and paid say $10-$35, it is possible   
   this could equal big bucks in high volume.  Of course, the labor costs   
   may be too high as it takes time to give the test.  But a wallet size   
   business card is essential anyways.   
      
   We are most concerned with the tests for Herpes and HIV, since those   
   diseases are incurable.   
      
   I guesstimate that:   
   you are 10-20 times safer if your partner is tested for HIV as 300,000   
   people don't know they have the disease; 45,000 get it per year, the   
   test proves that they didn't have it 1 - 6 months ago, depending on the   
   brand of test, so your only risk is those who got it in the last 1-6   
   months, so for 6 months; 45,000/2=22,500 & 300,000/22,500=13.   
      
   More than 100 times safer if tested for Herpes 45 million people have   
   it, 1 million new cases a year.  The test proves that they didn't have   
   it 3 or 4 months ago, so your only risk is those who got it in the last   
   3 or 4 months; so 1,000,000/3=333,333 & 45,000,000/333,33=135.   
      
   For more info on STD's see http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/index.html   
      
   Everyone should wash three to five times before sex, and have sex in   
   the light.   
      
   Getting rid of tan lines, exercising, getting a haircut, clothes, sleep   
   and self esteem all make one more attractive. It's also important to   
   watch your diet, and use only cigarettes, alcohol, excessively fatty or   
   sugary foods and drugs in moderation if you use them at all.  In fact,   
   it's better if you stay away from most drugs in general altogether and   
   have sex instead.  Drugs are generally unfit for human consumption, and   
   drug addiction steals freedom. If you have ever known drug users, or   
   looked at before and after pictures of drug addicts, you can see that   
   drugs wear them down, make them less attractive, and stupider, and thus   
   make it harder to get laid! Many drugs eventually kill you.  They   
   certainly make a person seem to be an unpopular looser, accepted only   
   by those other lowlifes who use drugs as well.  These people need to   
   get real social lives, or work on their internal problems, instead of   
   turning to drugs......  On the other hand, while unhealthy if used   
   excessively, I think everyone should get drunk at least once every   
   month or two, to help them loosen up and mellow out throughout life in   
   general.  If you were to keep drinking every day it would becomes bad   
   and unhealthy just as in the way eating cake and candy all the time   
   might be bad and unhealthy.  While alcohol might make people more   
   sexual and slutty at first, if one gets TOO drunk it could make one   
   sloppy and unattractive, then you'd fall asleep, be too boisterous and   
   estranged, or throw up.  Not a good scenario for scoring the pussy.   
   And the next morning, you'd feel like hell.  If you do drink much, make   
   sure to drink plenty of water _THE NIGHT BEFORE_ going to bed.  I also   
   recommend you stick with beer, or well mixed drinks, and stay away from   
   the straight hard alcohol like shots and scotch whisky, cause that   
   stuff is dangerous, you can drink too much too quick by itself without   
   other good liquids, and easily drink so much so that you get much more   
   inebriated then you really intended, and become an alcoholic.  It could   
   also lead to very bad hangovers, alcohol poisoning, and, though rare,   
   death.   
      
   Consider the fact, that basically even if you drink 12 oz beers which   
   are equivalent to 1 oz of hard liquor, you still need to drink water   
   along with the beer to rehydrate yourself.  This is due only to the   
   alcohol.  Thus, if you drink the only the alcohol by itself, in the   
   form of  hard liquor, you will need to drink 11 ounces of water + more   
   water or top of that to stay as hydrated as if you drank beer and   
   water!   
      
   One good thing however, about drinking alcohol before sex, is it   
   probably kills the germs in your mouth.  So that actually makes kissing   
   the brand new babe who's been drinking safer.  This is a good thing.   
   At home Listerine would work too, but I don't know if after a few hours   
   of partying this effect might wear off.  But it could probably save you   
   from the common cold.  Possibly swishing with vodka or bourbon before   
      
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