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Abstinence: To choose or not to choose? When one considers the subject of abstinence most of the focal points that are based around religion and they tell of how 'morally wrong' it is to have premarital sex as well as a major committing of sin. The word abstinence means to abstain or to reframe from something. When most teenagers are told that, 'abstinence is the best policy', they usually aren't given an explanation as to the reason for this, but with a proper explanation many probably would consider this concept to be true. Many teenagers just don't understand the responsibilities that go along with being sexually active. I believe that abstinence is the best decision for teenagers. Sex is an act that's so complex that most of today's teenagers aren't able to perform it in a way that's safe for their partners as well as themselves. Most of them don't understand that they must first love and respect themselves before they seek these thing