Comprehensive sex education should be taught at schools nation wide. There are many consequences to students not getting all of the facts which include high pregnancy and abortion rates as well as high STD and STI numbers. There are other countries where comprehensive sex ed. is taught and their numbers on all are lower. It also breaks down what is really being taught in all inclusive sex ed. programs.
The majority of today’s youth are only being told half of the story when it come to sex. Forty-nine of our fifty states have federally funded “Abstinence Only” sex education in their public schools. By only teaching that sex should be saved until marriage adolescents are not being exposed to the information they need in order to make informed decisions about their own sex lives. As a result of this, if young adults do chose to become sexually active, they will not know how to or have the tools necessary to have safe sex of any form. By establishing comprehensive sex education in all schools the youth of America will not only learn about ways to effectively protect themselves from STDs and pregnancy, but also about healthy relationships and decision making skills.
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