Your Body
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!
True or False?
- Doctors may give birth control services and info to minors (people under
18) without the consent of parents or guardians.
» TRUE / FALSE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- If you are raped, you can get health care services and counseling without
anyone's permission or say-so.
» TRUE / FALSE
- 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
- Half of all new HIV infections occur in 15 to 24 year olds.
» TRUE / FALSE
- HIV and AIDS are the same thing.
» TRUE / FALSE
- Only gay men and junkies get HIV.
» TRUE / FALSE
- You can get HIV by kissing an infected person.
» TRUE / FALSE
- You can tell if someone has HIV just by looking at him or her.
» TRUE / FALSE
- People with disabilities can have fulfilling and enjoyable sexual
relationships.
» TRUE / FALSE
- If you are allergic to latex, there are no condoms that are safe to use
because they are all made of latex.
» TRUE / FALSE
- If a guy criticizes and makes fun of his girlfriend in public, it is a
form of abuse.
» TRUE / FALSE
- 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
- 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
- Birth control is the woman's responsibility.
» TRUE / FALSE
- 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
- 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
- Masturbation can make you go blind.
» TRUE / FALSE
- Girls who choose not to have sex are not real women.
» TRUE / FALSE
- When a girl says “No” to sex, she really means “Yes”, but is too shy to
admit it.
» TRUE / FALSE
- When a girl says “No” to sex, and the guy makes her have sex anyway, it's
rape.
» TRUE / FALSE
- 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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