Nearly one million adolescent girls become pregnant and give birth each year in the United States. Many infants born to teenage mothers often suffer from low birth weight and other related health problems. Children of teenage parents often receive inadequate care because adolescents are rarely able to provide the care that infants need for normal development (“At issue: teenage pregnancy”). Yet such problems can be avoided without having to provide contraceptives, such as birth control, in schools. Schools should not allow adolescents to access contraceptives because they should focus on abstinence education. Schools should not be responsible for the actions of adolescents, and contraceptives can be dangerous for developing girls. Although contraception is a possible solution to reducing teen pregnancies, abstinence – the practice of refraining from sex – is most effective in preventing pregnancies. and sexually transmitted diseases. Education about the risks of these behaviors must be involved to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. Abstinence programs offer a balanced approach, teaching adolescents how to build and maintain healthy relationships, increase their self-esteem, and set relevant boundaries in order to achieve their future goals. Abstinence education shares the realities of sexually transmitted diseases and how to best prevent them. Information about contraception can be provided, but always within the confines of abstinence as the healthiest choice (“Abstinence works”). Hearing stories of other teen mothers and their struggles can also remind other teens to wait until they are responsible enough to handle possible consequences. Schools should focus on abstinence education because in 1991 Sexuality Information and Education Program......paper......results in ectopic pregnancy dangerous (“If plan B goes over the counter, common sense suffers”). For example, an ectopic pregnancy is an abnormal pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus. The baby cannot survive and often does not develop at all in this type of pregnancy. It is often caused by a condition that blocks or slows the movement of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube to the uterus. Up to 50 percent of women who have had an ectopic pregnancy have had swollen fallopian tubes or pelvic inflammatory disease (Magill). Using contraceptives is a huge responsibility for adolescent girls. They need to remember to use it, when to use it, and how to use it. And then there is still a risk of error. Contraceptives can be used incorrectly, this is not always the case, or they can leak. Therefore, contraceptives can be dangerous for high school adolescents who are still developing..