Should schools provide forms of contreceptives for teens?

Sexual Health versus Sexual Restraint

Introduction

There has been a longstanding debate between how to address the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy and preparing sexually active teenagers for the consequences of their actions . This debate has turned into a political battle that can define the values of American people (Beh and Diamond 12 . However , regardless of the ongoing debate , the reality is it was America 's youth that would pay the price (Beh and Diamond 12

Abstinence-only sex education had been a consistent target for criticism nevertheless there has been a

fair share of denouncement for the availability of contraceptives for teenagers that can be perceived as encouraging premature sexual activity for them . Most of the government 's budget has been funded by the government however it was said to be false , misleading , distorted and a dangerously incomplete way of addressing sex education (Beh and Diamond 12 . An abstinence-only curriculum also showed exaggerated contraceptive failure rate , provides for the risks of abortion and the like (Beh and Diamond 12

The latest course of development is the school-based provision of contraceptives , most commonly when teenagers have easy access to condoms reflect how they encourage early parenthood as a career option (Devine 13 . Reports say that children as young as 13 years old were given condoms without their parent 's knowledge and consent (Devine 13 Some schools even provide morning after pills and long-term contraceptives (Wetzstein12 . Some conservatives fear that this encourages liberal attitudes towards sex among under-age children (Wetzstein12

On the other hand , the increasing rate of younger teenagers was alarming and displayed the need for sex education with the proper use of contraceptives to lessen the rate of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases . Since abstinence and contraceptive use were reported to have decreased the rate of risky sexual behavior , training students with contraceptive use seemed to have curbed unprotected sexual intercourse ' more effectively than abstinence education and has become more effective in the longer young since teenagers did not cease to be sexually active

The Need for Better Prevention Programs

War on Teenage Pregnancies

Turning back time for three generations ago , the rates of teenage pregnancy would have been high compare to today , however today 's society follow a different moral code (Hanson 6 . During the 1950s , a girl who was a minor who would find herself pregnant would have dropped out of school and married the father of her baby (Hanson 6 . The boy would have dropped out of school to because during that time , the economics were different and the boy would have found work easily and would have been provided his family with a decent income as well as health insurance (Hanson 6

However , the times have change . The pregnant teen would not marry the father of her child during these days . It would not be encouraged by the parents . She would still drop out of school and find a low-paying job that does not have health insurance and very few benefits (Hanson 6 She dropped...