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Can dry semen on a towel get you pregnant?

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No: Dry semen is dead semen, and dead semen don't cause pregnancies. When used in a normal manner, towels don't cause pregnancies either.

Dr Van Dis and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/17/2014

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