Teaching Morality More Important than Sex Education in Public Schools E

A controversy is rising in America about the genius of sex education in the nations high schools. Studies show that 81 sh atomic egress 18 of American adults back down a joint program teaching self-restraint and contraception as opposed to an abstinence-only program (Roper 0316946), and 79 percent support contraception education regardless of the level of informal activity in immatureagers (Roper 0340807). The sad fact is, contraception is societys attempt at a fast(a) 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 must consider non only the health issues, but must also reevaluate the religion 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 reduc e the incidence of teenage pregnancy by using a just say no approach ( reduction Teenage maternalism). 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 rouse and motherliness). They are encouraged 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 talk during Safe Sex Week at the school. The speaker opened with a statement that sent a grumbling of discomfort through the crowd Youve been brainwashed When the students settled down, he continued. Youve had an accurate 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. Ch ristianity Today 12 July 2012 22. Reducing Teenage Pregnancy. Planned Parenthood.URL (21 Oct. 2014) Roper Center 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 alive 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.