Speech For Condom Distribution In Schools

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PERSUASION SPEECH

INTRODUCTION

Attention Getter: You are 15 and confronted with the very real situation of having unprotected sex with your older boyfriend. You don’t really want to do it, but you don’t want to look like a prude. You ask for a condom and your boyfriend said he thought you had it. You sigh in relief when suddenly he says, “Let’s just do it without one.” Not wanting to be branded as a prude you commence. The next day everyone is staring and you even heard someone mention the word slut. Two weeks later your pregnant and your boyfriend says it isn’t his. What’s next for you

Preview: Unfortunately, situations like this happen everyday amongst our youth. It is unfortunate when a young person’s life is derailed so suddenly because of not using a condom. If only it was readily available to them.

I. Does condom distribution in public schools promote sexual activity?
A. Making condoms available in public schools gives students the opportunity to obtain relatively large numbers of condoms, which does not lead to increases in sexual activity but an increase in condom use among sexually active teenagers.
B. Do condoms reduce the risk of pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? Yes!
-Other than abstinence, the condom is the only effective protection against pregnancies and STDs such as the HIV virus and AIDS.
C. The condom is the contraceptive of choice for anyone with any risk of exposure to STDs.
-According to the National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education, “More than half of American teenagers have had sexual intercourse and face significant sexual health risks.
D. Each year, over one million teenagers become pregnant, one in seven teenagers contract an STD, and one in five hundred students on college campuses are infected with HIV.”

II. It is as though parents and schools have forgotten that some teenagers do not desire to be sexually ac...