1.) Teenage girls don't see that it's a big deal if you contract an STD. If a teenager contracts a sexually transmitted disease and becomes pregnant, it is possible that the baby could also contract it or have birth defects. MASH, which stands for Milwaukee Alliance for Sexual Health, a project of the Medical College of Wisconsin's Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, helps organizations and medical professionals find out why so many Milwaukee teenagers are pregnant with an STD. Poverty and low income contribute to sexually transmitted diseases. They believe abstinence programs are important but not important enough because you can't stop teens from having sex or from having unprotected sex. Students should be responsible enough to know that if you have unprotected sex, you are likely to become pregnant and possibly contract a sexually transmitted disease. MASH is currently studying successful safe sex programs in other cities and states in hopes of helping