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19-Oct-2019 06:53
Advocates of comprehensive sex education say the abstinence-only message ignores information critical for teens to protect their health.
“We recognize the problems of STDs and teen pregnancy, but there are also other risks, such as links to depression and suicide,” said Phelps.In school, others are taught how to put condoms on bananas in preparation for the real thing, and still other children receive no information whatsoever.Transcending the cacophony of mixed messages is a host of alarming facts.Kids are becoming more sexually active at an earlier age.
Sixty-six percent of American high school students have had sex by their senior year.And these same teens are paying the price by contracting dangerous — and sometimes deadly — sexually transmitted diseases.