Teen Pregnancy
For teens, the most dreadful truth could be seeing a blue line on a pregnancy test. Imagine a teenage couple worrying about parenthood the same night they're studying for a biology test to be given at 9:00AM the following morning. Teenage sex can lead to pregnancy as well as other consequences such as STDs, which can have a negative impact on a child's life both physically and emotionally. The most we can do is educate these kids about sex, right? As much as our public schools press abstinence to the students, these youngsters are going to continue to experiment sexually and carelessly at that. So, with that in mind, a logical step towards the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies is condom distribution in schools and private clinics. Allowing students to obtain condoms easily gives them virtually no excuse not to use them. Of course there are some people that feel the distribution of condoms will make kids think, "Hey, we got it from school so we're ok", as Rush Limbaugh points out in his essay "Sex Education: Should Condoms Be Distributed in Schools?" Limbaugh argues that making condoms available will encourage sex, and goes onto explain that abstinence should be the concentration of the
I, like Petryk, just got out of high school. As pointed out in the book The Social Health of a Nation, the teenage birth rate in our country has been improving since 1992. Basically he is trying to say handing out condoms suggests that sex is OK which is not what I'm saying at all. I respect his views and opposing arguments. Now if our teachers can spend more time on this in the classroom, I think students will be frightened by sex or at least think twice about having sex without protection. Limbaugh does pose a very good argument and I understand and see where he is coming from with a lot of his views. Sex education is a great way to provide teenagers with knowledge of how dangerous it can be. Role-playing could take place along with free literature about sex and condom use. Condom distribution along with the continuing education will lead to safer sex, fewer pregnancies and fewer STDs among our nations youth. Condom distribution may not be so popular in high school. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. In college, however, they discuss safe sex with you as soon as you walk in the door. Students would be able to attend if they wanted to and the content would be a little more life-like or serious if you will. None of these constitute as an excuse not to use a condom and of course abstinence should come before sex without! a condom.
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