after posting this, i remembered that while birth control/tubal ligations are essential to a young woman's overall health they do not prevent STD's...casual sex still requires a barrier method.

i would never discourage anyone from using long term/permanent forms of birth control, but it can't be forgotten that HIV still exists and while highly treatable, it is not curable. i've read that the scary times of HIV=death have passed and that teens now see it as a chronic illness.

safe sex education is so essential.