1.) Teenagers don't see that it's a big deal if you get an STD. If a teenager contracts an STD and becomes pregnant, it is possible that the baby will 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 health professionals discover why so many Milwaukee teens are pregnant with STDs. Poverty and low income contribute to STDs. They believe abstinence programs are important, but not enough, because nothing stops teens from having sex or unprotected sex. Students should be responsible enough to know that if one has unprotected sex, one risks getting pregnant and possibly contracting an STD. MASH is currently studying successful safe sex programs in other cities and states in hopes of helping