Sex ED

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sexually transmitted disease (STD’s) will occur; it is also a child’s right to be entitled to the full amount of information about safe-sex.
The abstinence only programs teach that what they expect are for teenagers to engage only in faithful monogamous relationships in the context of marriage (“Abstinence”). They not only teach children that the effects of sexual activity are physically harmful but also psychologically enduring. Many of the programs ignore the benefits of different contraceptives. Instead they choose to emphasize the failure rates and side-effects of many contraceptives(“Abstinence”). To one this may appear to be a deceitful approach in which they are only showing one side of the truth. According to the Centers for Disease Control surveys less than half of US schools provide students with the information about what condoms are and how to use them (Lite). According to Tamara Kreinin, president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. “Manipulating facts abut condoms is using a scare tactic to try and get kids not to be sexually active” (Mo...