(April 6, 2018 at 12:31 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(April 6, 2018 at 12:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well yeah, I don't think there's a health class in the United States that doesn't mention abstinence being 100% effective - it's just that abstinence-only programs almost invariably misrepresent or straight up lie about the effectiveness of other methods (if they mention them at all). Pushers of abstinence-only programs seem to think that young adults simply won't have sex if you tell them not to, which is laughably untrue. It's no coincidence that areas with abstinence-only programs are also the areas with the highest rates of STDs, unwanted pregnancies, and abortion.
I'd rather teenage kids not have sex with each other at all. But if they do, I'd rather them use a condom than get pregnant and possibly have an abortion.
Sure, and I'd rather teenage kids drive perfectly safely at all times, but I'm still going to give them seat belts and airbags.
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