I guess I should, but there are a million other things to be thinking about right now. Not only do annual exams test for disorders, diseases and cancers, but they also provide the benefit of getting young women access to contraception. Nancy Fitch, director of UM's Student Health Services, says it's crucial that young women have access to contraception. There is an age period between the initiation of intercourse and wanting to have children where birth control is extremely important.
Most college kids are right in between.
Abstinence is 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy and all STDs. However, by age 18, 65.4 percent of all women have had intercourse. Between the ages of 20 and 24, 88.6 percent are sexually active, according to a National Sexuality Survey. Although Knudson believes abstinence is a lost cause, she believes moderation and smart sex are attainable. What people have to realize is that they are sleeping with not only their past, but the past of their partner as well.