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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Also, the problem with America is the far religious right cannot abide any sex ed. anywhere at anytime other than abstinence which is ineffective. A significant number of younger people simply do not know the avenues of birth control out there and that results in some 14 year old getting knocked up in the back seat of a car, which is relatively easy to prevent.
I mean how many people here never had intercourse much less other sex acts prior to marriage. I suggest that number is very small. So, until America gets over its judgemental attitude towards sex, unwanted prenancies will happen more than they should. For the life of me, I will never understand why anyone give's a rat's a$$ if I want to take home girls and screw all night or some other wild sex act. It is my business and mine alone. Yet, the coffers of the Church's would not be filled if no hate was preached  |
Not to mention that many of the mandated "abstinence only" classes give students erroneous information... such as condoms fail to protect against HIV, touching another person's genitals can cause pregnancy, and that HIV can be spread through sweat and tears.
On the other hand, California, which has mandated HIV/AIDS education and comprehensive, accurate sex education curriculum, has seen a 40% drop in teen pregnancy.