10 Reasons to Say No to Having Sex

5. How would I deal with contracting HIV?

The only 100 percent effective way of avoiding AIDS/HIV is abstinence. Latex condoms used with a spermicide can decrease the chances of transmitting the deadly disease, but they're not 100 percent effective.

"I ask high school groups if they know anyone who has tested positive for HIV/AIDS, and usually they say yes. Then I ask them if the person they know looks sick. Usually they say no. Testing is the only way to know who carries the virus."