High school is a time when teens discover themselves, explore their futures, meet new people, try new activities, and become more independent. Along with new opportunities come peer pressure and difficult decisions. Most decisions are basic, like choosing to go shopping with friends instead of studying for a math test or skipping soccer practice to go out with a crush. The consequences of simple work or friend-related decisions are fewer. The teenager may get a bad grade on the math test and have to do extra laps at practice the next day, but his life will not have changed significantly. Some decisions, however, are more complicated. In high school, teenagers begin to date and engage in physical contact such as kissing. As relationships become more serious, the pressure to perform more sexual acts increases. Making the best choice about an important decision requires information and knowledge about the topic, risks, consequences and available options. Without adequate information about sexual intercourse and the risks associated with such actions, adolescents cannot be expected to make the best decisions when it comes to engaging in sexual acts. Comprehensive sexuality education needs to be taught in American high schools to increase adolescents' knowledge about the risks of sexual intercourse and the preventative measures available to reduce risks so that adolescents can make informed decisions. Risks associated with performing sexual acts include pregnancy. , sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections. When the risks become reality, the life of the affected adolescent changes negatively. Teenage pregnancy inhibits women's education and only “about half (51%) of [them] receive......half of the document......people are not in favor of teaching or providing of contraceptives to adolescents. In the article “Distributing Condoms in Schools Encourages Teen Sex,” writes John D. Hartigan, “…providing condoms to adolescents inevitably produces a marked increase in their sexual activity” (11). Regardless of the availability of condoms and other forms of contraceptives, adolescents will continue to have sex. The article “Effective Sex Education” by Brigid McKeon for Advocates for Youth states that information, such as the use and availability of contraception, taught in “comprehensive sex education… [does] not increase rates of sexual initiation” ( 12). making contraceptives easily available to teenagers and preventing them from accessing contraceptives is the number of teenagers who are not protected from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.