I believe the rate of teen pregnancies is on the rise because of two main things. Teens believe conception is rare, and teens almost never anticipate intercourse; therefore they do not use contraceptives. I think schools should make sex-education available to all students age 15 and above. Schools should also make free condoms available in bathroom vending machines, or by guidance counselors. Having condoms available encourages safe sex, and decreases the incidence of STD’s and teen pregnancies.
Teen Sexuality’s research showed a few things: Adolescents who stated that they were connected with their parents were more likely than other teens to delay sexual intercourse. Teens who said their families were warm and caring also reported less marijuana use and less emotional distress. Teens who had a "good talk" with parents in the last year about sex, birth control, and the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases were more likely to use condoms at the last time they had sex than teens who did not talk to their parents. Only 38 percent of young women and 25 percent of young men said they had ever gotten a good idea from their parents that helped them talk about sexual issues with their girlfriend/boyfriend. The article also suggested that teens also listened to the information better when it came from their parents rather than school, or other outside sources.
Should sex education be taught in schools? There have been many debates over this. Studies show parents say that sex education only destroys the morality of people because they think that sex education teaches students about how sexual intercourse is done. Although sex education lowers the morality of people by teaching students how to use condoms and contraceptives, it should be taught in primary school and secondary school because its a prevents sexual diseases and teenage pregnancy, it is indeed a need in case of parents’ absence, and it gives children the idea of what is right and what is wrong. Research shows that teens are more sexually active now than before.
It is not uncommon to see vending machines in schools. However, vending machines usually dispense sodas, chips, ice cream another snacks. So that's a good idea because kids are sexually active by the time the get to high school some people said, while others I don't agree with it. They will kind of say is like promoting sex, or a way of advertising sex to kids in school .it a good idea because many teenagers gets sexual transmitted diseases among they self or get pregnant. Many young people engage in sexual risk behaviors that can result in unintended health outcomes.
In Stone et al. (1994) article “Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms“ it was argued that making young people aware about inconsistencies between their beliefs and actions towards HIV protection would lead them to adopt safer sex behaviours, hence preventing the spread of HIV. The hypothesis corresponded to previous investigations which used hypocrisy induction as a means to change sex-related behaviour. The researchers conducted a 2 * 2 factorial design experiment, in which the manipulated variables were public commitment and mindfulness. 72 heterosexually active male and female participants, aged 18 to 25, were chosen for the experiment and divided into 4 groups; various behavioural and self reporting procedures, were analysed.
If schools are handing out condoms to students, what would the difference be if they are handing out drugs? He is trying to reach out to the readers that sex isn’t the only bad issue that kids are exposed to, and that they are exposed to much more serious problems as well. Issues such as drug abuse, and exposure to guns are but a few listed, so Limbaugh say’s if we’re going to hand out condoms, why not hand out more stuff to young adults such as packs of cigarettes with low tar. Limbaugh
Practicing abstinence may be the most utterly method for minimizing this rate, but it’s an irrational method. It would not educate them on the life changing risks correlated with sexual intercourse. Providing a clear and precise curriculum in sex education focussed on career goals, sexually transmitted diseases, healthy relationships, the results of being a young parent, and facts on contraceptives would be most beneficial. Educating minors on how sexual activity at a young age can drastically change their lives would greatly impact the reduction of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy proceeds as a major issue with more than half of all teenagers in the United States stating that they had participated in sexual intercourse at least one point before high school ended.
I believe that it is important that we make these contraceptives available for teens. I think it may be a good idea to have some form of birth control that is free for those who can’t afford it. Some clinics provide birth control to teens without the consent of a parent, this may be a good thing because many teens are afraid to talk to their parents about sex and birth control. Many teenagers today are very sexually active and take the risk that comes with sexual intercourse. Education is our number one source in getting sexual information out to the teenagers.
The questionable problems that arise from Comprehensive Sexual Education include promotion of teen sex, and the morality of schools, instead of parents, promoting and teaching sexual education. According to Jane Friedman’s report, teen pregnancy has significantly declined since 1991 (1). Right wing conservatives credit abstinence-only programs for this statistic and liberals believe it is their contraception program. “ The federal government only funds abstinence education, even though at least 75 percent of parents say they want teens to be taught about both abstinence and contraception” (1). Although abstinence would be a significantly better choice, it is important for teens to know the consequences of sexual intercourse.
Throughout the years, many different forms of contraception have been developed. Also, we, as a society, have begun to have more open talks regarding sex and sexuality. Whereas the thought of sexual education in school was unfathomable in the early 1900’s, it is almost standard now in most adolescent course curriculums. These advancements, both in our mental capacities and in our abilities to prevent unwanted pregnancies have perhaps led to less of a need for abortions in America ((Crooks & Baur, 2008). Another key issue for opposition of the legalization of abortions is examining who in America is having abortions.