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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!

True or False?

  1. Doctors may give birth control services and info to minors (people under 18) without the consent of parents or guardians.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  2. If you are over 12 years old, you may ask for treatment or counseling for a STI (sexually transmitted disease), without asking your parents.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  3. You may give your okay to a medical or surgical procedure (including abortion), even if you are under 18, without your doctor telling your parents or spouse, if you tell your doctor not to.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  4. Any minor 12 or older may receive five 45-minute counseling sessions or psychotherapy sessions as an outpatient without the consent of his or her parents or guardian. 17 year olds can receive as many sessions as they want.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  5. If you are raped, you can get health care services and counseling without anyone's permission or say-so.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  6. Substance abuse means having problems with drugs or alcohol. If you are 12 years old or older, you can receive confidential substance abuse services and counseling. You can get services if you or someone in your family is a substance abuser. (BUT - a service provider may tell a parent or guardian if they believe they must do so to protect you or someone else.)
    » TRUE / FALSE
  7. Half of all new HIV infections occur in 15 to 24 year olds.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  8. HIV and AIDS are the same thing.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  9. Only gay men and junkies get HIV.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  10. You can get HIV by kissing an infected person.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  11. You can tell if someone has HIV just by looking at him or her.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  12. People with disabilities can have fulfilling and enjoyable sexual relationships.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  13. If you are allergic to latex, there are no condoms that are safe to use because they are all made of latex.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  14. If a guy criticizes and makes fun of his girlfriend in public, it is a form of abuse.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  15. If a person with a disability wants to get dressed and out of bed, and her caretaker refuses to help her, it is a form of abuse.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  16. If a girl has unprotected sex, and her boyfriend pulls his penis out of her before he ejaculates, she can still become pregnant.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  17. Birth control is the woman's responsibility.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  18. Any person under 18 years of age may receive birth control services and info from a doctor without his or her parent's consent.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  19. Condoms are the only form of birth control that also protects you from STDs, and is available without a prescription at drugstores, clinics, and many other locations.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  20. Masturbation can make you go blind.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  21. Girls who choose not to have sex are not real women.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  22. When a girl says “No” to sex, she really means “Yes”, but is too shy to admit it.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  23. When a girl says “No” to sex, and the guy makes her have sex anyway, it's rape.
    » TRUE / FALSE
  24. Many guys don't want to use condoms, because condoms interfere with a guy's ability to enjoy sex.
    » TRUE / FALSE

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