Purity with a Passion

Do you know the whole truth about your sexual choices?  Purity With a Passion reveals the whole truth every teen deserves to know.  You deserve the truth!  This is a 4 week series with incentives upon completion.  Call us at 765-743-4488 to sign up.  LifeCare is located 1 1/2 blocks south of the Purdue Memorial Union.

"When you have sex with someone, you are having sex with everyone they have had sex with for the last ten years, and everyone they and their partners have had sex with for the last ten years."   -C.Everett Koop, MD. former US Surgeon General

HOW EXPOSED ARE YOU?  Take the test at this link.

"Many teenagers, as well as adults, are indirectly exposed to more than one sexual partner each year because their partner has had sex with someone else."   -Alan Guttmacher Institute

Even if a condom is used, you are still at risk as many STI-STDs are transmitted by skin to skin contact. According to the CDC, condoms only REDUCE the risks of some STDs like gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis.  Genital herpes, syphilis and HPV can occur in both male and female genital areas that are covered by a condom, as well as areas not covered.  The risk of HIV is REDUCED by 85%.

You can have a STI-STD, never know it and pass it on to someone else.

Is a sexual experience worth your health? Your life?  

CONSIDER THE FACTS:

CHLAMYDIA and GONORRHEA are among the most commonly reported BACTERIAL infections- often with NO symptoms- untreated they can cause serious health problems in both men and women.¹

GENITAL HERPES currently infects more than 1 in 5 Americans over age 12.  With NO known cure, the painful sores it causes can recur for years.²

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) is one of the most common VIRAL diseases in America.  Studies show nearly ½ of all sexually active people acquire GENITAL HPV.  It causes genital warts and is linked to cancer of the cervix, mouth, throat, penis and anus.³ 

HIV/ AIDS has killed nearly half a million Americans.  1 out of 4 infected people are undiagnosed and unaware of their infection.⁴

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES and INFECTIONS are the most common in the U.S. next to the common cold and flu.^{5 6}

MORE THAN 1 in 4 young women are presently infected with a STD.⁷

15-24 YEAR OLDS are ¼ of the sexually active population, yet account for nearly ½ of the infections.⁸

OVER 9 MILLION EACH YEAR: According to the Guttmacher Institute, there are over 9 million new STD and STI cases every year among 15-24 year olds. That's nearly 25,000 per day.⁹

THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED disease Gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to the last type of antibiotics left to treat it.¹⁰

INFECTION with certain common STDs can increase your chance of contracting HIV/AIDS by up to 5 times, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2004).¹¹

^{Disclaimer:  This site, and all information contained herein, is designed to be an informational tool only.  It is not intended to provide medical advice or replace care from a qualified medical practitioner.}

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, March 25). Chlamydia - CDC fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010, July 13). Genital herpes - CDC fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009, November 24). Genital HPV infection - fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, February 16). Diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and dependent areas, 2009. Vol. 21. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2009report/
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, July 6). Seasonal Influenza (Flu). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010, November 22). 2009 sexually transmitted diseases surveillance. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats09/toc.htm
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009, April 1). 2008 national STD prevention conference. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/stdconference/2008/press/summaries-11march2008.htm#tues1
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010, November 22). STDs in adolescents and young adults. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats09/adol.htm
9. Guttmacher Institute. (2011, January). Facts on American teens’ sexual and reproductive health. Retrieved from http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html#13
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, July 7). Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARG). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010, September 1). The role of STD detection and treatment in HIV prevention - CDC fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/hiv/STDFact-STD-HIV.htm

All of our services are free and confidential. We recognize the reality that only you can make the choices regarding your pregnancy. We were founded to assist you in making an informed decision.

LifeCare Services offers services to all regardless of race, national origin, age, religious affiliation or marital status.

LifeCare Services does not offer abortion services or abortion referrals.