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Once Upon A Time, Or How To Change A Life Once upon a time, there was a woman that helped teens and their parents. This woman, whose name was Betty*, offered to help one teen in particular. This teen whose name was Jane*, was having sex without protection. Jane did not worry about getting pregnant or getting a sexually transmitted disease, those were the furthest things from her mind. All she was thinking about was fitting in with the "popular crowd." Jane’s mother agreed to take Jane to their local women’s health clinic so Jane could get the proper birth control method for her. Jane’s mother got scared though, and was afraid that someone would see her taking her daughter to the clinic. Jane did not go to the clinic and get the birth control that she needed. Betty was concerned about Jane and the relationship with her parents. Betty did not want to see Jane get pregnant or get a sexually transmitted disease. Betty did two things to help Jane. Betty called another teen that she knew that already had a baby, as well as called the clinic to make an appointment for Jane. Jane met Betty's friend whose name was Karen*. Karen was still a young teen, but she had a baby. Jane got a little scared. Then Betty took Jane to the clinic for her first visit. The clinic told Jane all about the different methods of birth control and all about sexually transmitted diseases.
The next day Jane went back to the clinic with Karen and her baby. The baby was very tired and fussy, this scared Jane even more. Thanks to Betty, Karen, and Karen’s baby, Jane decided that she didn't want to have sex any more and she was not really as ready for the responsibility as she thought. The End This might seem like a story or a ‘fairy tale’, but it is not. Unfortunately it is true, at least to some point. The names of the individuals have been changed and not every single detail has been added to the story. If it were not for ‘Betty’, ‘Jane’ would have gotten pregnant and/or contracted a sexually transmitted disease. ‘Betty’ was willing to make a change in someone’s life. She took time away from her own life and extended a hand to a teen that needed help and was unable to find it anywhere else. Thanks to ‘Betty’ and to ‘Karen’ this story has a happy ending. ‘Karen’ and ‘Jane’ are staying in contact with each other to offer support and the always needed shoulder. I do not know which town or city this took place in, or the real names of those involved, but I do know that it can happen anywhere. I live in what I consider to be a small town (population about 25,000), but just down the road is a really small town (population about 1200) and it could be happening there. I am asking my readers to do something, if you know of a person, teen or adult, that is having unprotected sex, offer them a ride to your women’s health clinic. Offer them your Internet connection so they can find information on the different forms of birth control available to them. Offer them a shoulder, understanding and this article. *Names have been changed to protect all involved.
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