Condom Distribution in Public Schools

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Allowing condoms to be distributed in public schools has had much controversy over the years. Many people learn about safe sex, but there are still many unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases floating around. Some schools across the United States have made it to where students are given condoms in school. On top of other alternatives, such condom distribution programs should be allowed or promoted in public schools to help reduce teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
Many questions and concerns have come about regarding this promotion of condoms being distributed in public schools. Will it lower teen pregnancy rates? Will condoms reduce sexually transmitted diseases? Will the distribution of condoms in public schools make students more sexually responsible? Who will fund these interventions? Some people believe teaching children and teens about abstinence is the best way to minimize pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. Birth control is an alternative used to prevent pregnancy, not necessarily sexually transmitted diseases and using condoms is always a way to protect from diseases and unwanted pregnancies. With these different alternatives and many parents feel as if the program goes against their beliefs and values as a parent/guardian, implementation of the program is a legitimate way to reduce the new trend of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Sex before marriage, to many people, is a sin. In the bible it asks that people abstain from sexual immorality. If such condom distribution programs were allowed in schools, firm believers in God believe that this is strictly going against what the bible says. There was an article written by Linda Villarosa, from the New York Times, on a ...

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...he teen pregnancy rate has gone down is through a combination of less sex and more contraception,'' said Sarah Brown, director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington. ‘So both sides are making a contribution.’”

Works Cited

Kirby, Douglas. "Abstinence, Sex, And STD/HIV Education Programs For Teens: Their Impact On Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, And Sexually Transmitted Disease." Annual Review Of Sex Research 18 (2007): 143-177. OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson). Web. 1 Apr. 2013.
O'Leary, Ann. Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches To HIV Prevention. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub., 2002. eBook Collection. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.
Villarosa, Linda. “More Teenagers Say No to Sex, and Experts Aren't Sure Why.” New York Times 23 Dec. 2003, Late Edition (East Coast): Section F. New York Times. Web. 26 March 2013.

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