
I'll try to avoid the details of the debate, but only to respond this way:
1. The "give 'em condoms and the pill" logic is based on the idea that they are doing it anyway. The problem is that they are doing it which is a complete moral breakdown. Prevention is good, but only addresses the symptom, not the cause. It's like saying that people are going to use guns in crime, so we need to teach the criminals how to use the guns safely. We need to address the problem and not only the symptom.
2. These techniques have not proven successful because of the reason stated above.
3. I absolutely oppose the part I put in bold. As a parent, if the school gives my child something like this without my permission, puts medicine or any type of pill in her or does any procedure on her without my permission, they they are usurping my role as a parent, violating my child, and teaching my child that it's okay to go behind your parents back if it makes things fun. Ask the average parent what they would do if the school or government told their 13 year old daughter to go behind their parents back, have sex safely, use a pill and a condom, and take any medical procedure necessary to solve any unwanted results. Most parents would say, "hell no!" I'm one of them.
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