A 2008 study showed that teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premartial sex as those who do not promise abstinence, and they are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do. if we assume that the goal of such pledges is to reduce the number ig unplanned pregnacies, what would a utiltarian determibe should be done?

A. It does not matter one way or the other whether the pledge continue
B. These pledges should be encouraged
C. These pledges should be discouraged
D. These pledges are unnatural


Answer: A. It does not matter one way or the other whether the pledge continue

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