There exists an enormous amount of ignorance on the part of women concerning the mucus symptom of their fertility. At a young age the vast majority of the fair sex teach themselves to ignore those changing mucus sensations. A worthy goal of Catholic physicians would be to do everything in their power to help correct this deep well of ignorance. The Teen STAR program is designed to teach youngsters the meaning of those changing mucus sensations so that they come to a profound respect for their fertility and sexuality. If Catholics, and Catholic physicians especially, do not tell them the truth about their bodies, who will: the media? the drug companies? Planned Parenthood?
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