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access to birth control as well as knowledge
One loses information about how to get birth control as well as how to use it when one doesn't have comprehensive sex ed. When I was a teen free condoms were everywhere but now I couldn't tell you where to go to get one. Plus there was the contraceptive sponge - no prescription required.
Additionally, I think it's dangerous to give 18 and 19 year olds more credit than they deserve. Girls might know a condom protects against pregnancy but they might also think the rhythm method works. 19 is very young and foolish. Boys who might be scared into condom use through information on STD prevention might be more resistant to their girlfriend's request based only on pregnancy.