Abstinence Contacts given in Utah

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Day #12 Abstinence Contract Homework

Directions: Use the following list to complete your Abstinence Contract.

1. Carefully read through the following list and circle any statements that stick out to you, personally apply to you, or that are important to you.

2. Choose at least 5 that are your favorite or most important to include in your Abstinence Contract.

3. Write 5 or more statements NEATLY on your Abstinence Contract.

4. Sign the contract and bring to next class period

	1. I refuse to use others for my physical needs.
	2. I refuse to be used by someone else to satisfy his/her physical needs.
	3. I refuse to risk getting pregnant or a girl pregnant.
	4. I refuse to allow what peers say or think influence my decision to be sexually abstinent.
	5. I refuse to put my ability to have children at risk.
	6. I refuse to live through the trauma of an abortion.
	7. I refuse to live through the heartache of putting my child up for adoption.
	8. I refuse to feel the emotional harm that comes from pre-marital sex: guilt, disappointment, worry, and rejection.
	9. I refuse to lose control of my life, my future goals, or my dreams.
	10. I refuse to maintain a relationship that is emotionally harmful to me.
	11. I refuse to maintain a relationship that is physically harmful to me.
	12. I refuse to lose my self-respect.
	13. I refuse to allow my past relationships or experiences prevent me from being sexually abstinent.
	14. I refuse to jeopardize my future relationship with my spouse.
	15. I refuse to continue the spread of STDs (whether I know I am infected or not).
	16. I refuse to disrespect other's physical boundaries/limitations.
	17. I refuse to allow myself to think that a temporary relationship is worth long-term consequences.
	18. I refuse to enter marriage with unnecessary baggage from past relationships.
	19. I refuse to let a relationship based on infatuation go too far physically or emotionally.
	20. I refuse to expose my body to STDs.
	21. I refuse to think that sex is love and love is sex.
	22. I refuse to let anyone push my physical limits/boundaries I have set.
	23. I refuse to allow drugs or alcohol change my decision or behavior about sexual abstinence.
	24. I refuse to use my body to get attention from the opposite sex.
	25. I refuse to disappoint my parents.
	26. I refuse to change my physical limits/boundaries no matter how much I think I love the other person.
	27. I refuse to make a decision about sex without considering the long-term consequences.
	28. MAKE UP YOUR OWN.....

Abstinence Contract

By signing this contract I, ______________________, recognize that I have been taught and now know the consequences of premarital sexual activity and therefore have committed the following:














Signature:______________________ Date:______________________

"Abstinence is not about missing out; it's about holding out for someone better"