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Distribution Of Condoms Is Unnecessary - College Paper

Distribution Of Condoms Is Unnecessary

A few of my high school friends, are thinking about having sex with their boyfriends, but are too embarrassed to go to the store and purchase a condom. They think it would be much easier, if the schools just made condoms available on campus. Should schools offer free condoms to high school students? No, they shouldn’t.
If schools offered free condoms to high school students, it would legitimize and promote sexual behavior among teenagers. It would also increase the number of teenage girls getting pregnant, as well as the number of teens engaging in sex. Each year, more than 200,000 babies are born to girls under the age of 18. (Postscript; Taking sides, pg.325) Advocators for the ...

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already engaging in sexual activities, they can still have safe sex without distributing condoms in schools. They can get the condoms for themselves, and the schools wouldn’t be giving the impression that sex is o.k. as long as you use a condom.
2.5 million teens are infected with sexually transmitted diseases every year. (Margaret Pruitt Clark,pg.317) Although condoms do prevent transmission of these diseases, they are not 100% effective. The HIV virus is 1/450 the size of sperm and is less than 1/10 the size of open channels that routinely pass entirely through latex products. (Edwin J. Delattre, pg.321) Some may argue, “Condoms may not be 100% effective, but a condom is more effective than no condom at all. It is better for teens to have a condom and not need it, than to need a condom and not have it.” (Jason Arnold) Those that argue that teens “need” condoms, are under a false definition of nee. Webster’s Dictionary, defines “need” as : A requirement , or condition ...

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Added: 7/7/2007 05:55:11 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 836
Pages: 4

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