Condon Distribution to Teens
Condom Distribution to Teens Over the past 30 years, condom distribution has not effectively helped against sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or teen pregnancies because condoms are used incorrectly or not at all. The question remains: does it encourage teens to engage in sex by pushing condoms in their hands? We will explore the effectiveness of the program, taxpayer views, and religious views. The theory generally accepted in justifying the distribution of condoms to teenagers is that this will protect them against pregnancy and STDs. However, in all honesty handing out condoms to teenagers is a prescription for disaster. Condom usage to curb pregnancy and STDs may be misunderstood by creating a false sense of security in people whose behavior continues to put them in danger. “We cannot tell people how much protection condoms give,” said Dr. Malcolm Potts, one of the inventors or prophylactics lubricated with spermicide and president of Family Health International, a nonprofit contraceptive research group in North Carolina. ”I’m always amazed that we know the atomic structure of the AIDS virus but don’t know much about condoms.” Seriously, if one of the inventors of condoms is stating he is not sure how effective they are, then why promote the use through the condom distribution programs in schools? [ (Grunson) ] The assumption should not be that all teenagers are wanting or ready to be sexually active. “Schools send a nonsensical message when they teach kids not to have sex but then give them condoms” [ (Limbaugh) ]. The solution is not just having a basket of condoms sitting in the nurse’s office. The condom distribution program encourages sexual activity and fosters the idea that premarital sex is acceptable. While many people don’t support the condom distribution program, it is still being used, even with a very limited success rate due to the inability to ensure teens are using condoms all the time. In a 1988 survey conducted throughout the United
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