The Clean Teens is an abstinence club at Tree Hill High School, founded by student, and born-again virgin, Shelly Simon. Shelly created the group after she had got pregnant at a church camp and had an abortion. The Clean Teens wear t-shirts that have their club name and slogan "virgin for life" on them, letting everyone know they are abstaining from sex [1]. In season 4, Brooke Davis and friend Rachel Gatina are forced to join the Clean Teens despite being anything but clean after they are caught in the school after hours stealing a math test. They tell their principal that they are there to attend a Clean Teen meeting. During this meeting they become born again virgins and make a pledge to abstain until marriage. Although the Clean Teens were eventually disbanded by Shelly, they were the main advocates of abstinence on the show.
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The clip above shows Rachel and Brooke's first Clean Teen meeting and being declared born again virgins by Clean Teen leader Shelly Simon [5]
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