The Use of Contreceptives

Unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases do not discriminate against age, gender or income level. No matter where a student lives; weather it be in an urbanized, low wage community or a moderately set-up mansion in the suburbs, adolescent teens are experimenting sexually everyday. There are many elements in my favor, such as; evidence has shown that the proper use of contraceptives can dramatically decrease the percentages of these problems; also, many people agree that the distribution of condoms in public schools can have an impact on these issues. I feel that abstinence is no longer a strong enough incentive for teenagers whom want to experiment; I also think that condoms are one the most cost effective measures for sexual protection and actually a better way to spend government money versus spending it on welfare to later compensate for the unwanted pregnancies. Most of these opinions are based on fact as well as extensive research.

In theory, if schools were to begin giving out condoms to students in sex education programs this would reduce the incidence of underage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. If someone truly believes that condoms can protect against disease and pregnancy then does it not make sense that the circulation of condoms would help decrease these alarming numbers. Having condoms readily available to students at the school creates a sense of empathy from the administration and staff to the students, in turn, this "warmth" will make it easier for students to speak with staff members about more personal things in their lives.

Parents as well as teachers should always push the subject of abstinence. Abstinence will always be the number one sure way to not contract any unwanted diseases or pregnancies. Most of the time, for teenagers, the issue of abstinence is just not a good enough reason to impede on having sex. In this day and age parents and teachers can no longer tell a teenager what to do, in contrast, they can supply them with all the necessary information in order to help them make the correct decision.

Making condoms available to students is a sensible savings of government resources. An exponential amount of money is spent by the government each year to concentrate on the public health problems created by precarious sexual deeds. The cost of raising the countless children created through unplanned pregnancies over a lifetime can be devastating. Also, there are many projects that fund costs of treating the numerous cases of aids throughout the United States (US02). These costs could have been divided into a fraction of the problem they are today if only the correct precautionary measures were taken from the beginning and were spent on preventative measures.

Parents feel that with schools offering sex education and condoms to promote healthy sexual activity, they are losing lines of communication with their own sons and daughters (Weiss).

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