Teaching Morality More Important than Sex Education in Public Schools E

A controversy is rising in America about the nature of sex development in the nations high schools. Studies show that 81 pct of American adults support a joint program teaching abstinence and contraception as debate to an abstinence-only program (Roper 0316946), and 79 percent support contraception education regardless of the level of sexual activity in teenagers (Roper 0340807). The sad fact is, contraception is societys sample at a quick fix for a problem that runs far deeper than the issue of teen sex. In the debate over the best safe sex, educators and parents mustiness consider not only the health issues, but must also reevaluate the morality of the nations young people. Leafing through Planned Parenthoods literature on abortion, contraception, and teen sex, it becomes obvious that Planned Parenthood promotes contraception education, and opposes abstinence education These abstinence-until-marriage programs are an unrealistic attempt to reduce the incidence of teenage preg nancy by using a just say no approach (Reducing Teenage Pregnancy). A good portion of American teenagers agree, illustrated by the fact that 77 percent of women and 85 percent of men will have sexual intercourse before the age of twenty (Teen kindle and Pregnancy). They are back up to use contraception. Interestingly, though, teenagers arent given all the facts about contraception, as is illustrated by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler Not too long ago, I attended a remonstrate during Safe Sex Week at the school. The speaker opened with a statement that sent a rumble of discomfort through the crowd Youve been persuade When the students settled down, he continued. Youve had an entire week of safe sex indoctr... ...ssroom. Time 18 Oct. 2013 n. pag. Online. Internet. URL (4 Nov. 2014). Normandy Junior Preaches Abstinence, Has High Hopes. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 11 Oct. 2011 North Post 5. Okite, Odhiambo. Fidelity Urged to Fight AIDS. Christianity today 12 July 2012 22. Reduci ng Teenage Pregnancy. Planned Parenthood.URL (21 Oct. 2014) Roper heart at University of Connecticut. Poll. Accession number 0316946. Question number 031. 10 May 2014. Roper Center at University of Connecticut. Poll. Accession number 0340807. Question number 087. 19 July 2014. Sommers, Christina Hoff. Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age? Imprimis Mar. 2010 1-4. Teen Sex and Pregnancy. Sept. 2013. The Alan Guttmacher Institute. URL (22 Nov. 2014). Zulu, Mabvuto. Give Abstinence a Chance. Times of Zambia 10 Aug. 2013 n. pag.