I rush toward my car in the school parking lot with one thing on my mind.

And that’s stopping at the pharmacy on the way home to get a pregnancy test.

In my two years as a high school counselor, I’ve had several girls pop into my office, frightened that they could be pregnant. The first thing I tell them is to talk to their parents because this isn’t an issue they should deal with on their own. The second is to take a test. For the most accurate results, I advise them to ...