Sex education be thought in the Nations public schools? Yes sex education is essential to curb the growing number of teen pregnancy and transmission of sexual transmit ed infections. the fact is what kind of sex education is effective. Abstinence- only or Abstinence plus contraceptive. i am strongly believe that comprehensive sex education is more effective than abstinence only sex education. Sex education is primly a health issue and social issue. Religion or politics should not influence the kind of sex education that is effective for the society. According to Guttmacher Institute " between 1995-2002 the number of tens aged 15-17 who have ever engaged in sexual intercourse decreased in 10%." This statistic indicate that the number of teenagers active in sexual intercourse have been increased. another statistic indicate that pregnancy rate among U.S women declined steadily from117 pregnancy per 1000 women in 1990 to 75 per 1000 women in 2002 ". 86% of the decline is due to teens contraceptive use. this fact indicates, sex education should be thought abstinence as well as contraceptive.
Despite the important of comprehensive sex education the federal government and 86% of public school districts promote abstinence sex education. Federal government spend 176 million dollar for FY 2006. the influence about abstinence sex education increase while 82% of of adults supports comprehensive sex education.
Despite years of evaluation in this area, there no vidence to date that abstinence only sex education delay teens sexual activity.
Reference:
http://www.guttmacher.org/
Seyoum Abebe
Hi Seyoum,
ReplyDeleteWow, preganacies were decreasing in 2002? We were making good progress, but then it increased to 3% in 2006. I can only assume that this increase is due to what the teens today are exposed too. Between tv, internet, and songs on the radio that encourage sex that is where the increase is coming from. Teens need to know what consequences come with having sex and with teaching abstinence plus in the schools they can at least learn how to protect themselves if they chose not to wait. Hopefully, this is something that will change going forward.
Shenita
I also chose to write about sex education within public schools. It's amazing to read all the statistics you put in your blog. It's kind of weird though to see that according to Guttmacher Institute, from 1995 to 2002 the amount of teens having sex actually decreased by 10%. I would have thought that it would have gone up because of everything teens are exposed to now-a-days. But overall, I was very informed by the facts in your blog. Good job! :)
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