With education on STD’s our youth will be better equipped to protect themselves from lifelong ailments and unplanned pregnancies. In the articles I read for this assignment I found a fascinating article regarding how many teens are learning about sex from magazines because they have no one else to ask questions to. “Awareness of organizations such as Planned Parenthood was also crucial for STD prevention and detection. The editors were cognizant of the prevalence of STDs in their reading audience, stating in January 1998 that there were three million new cases of STDs among teenagers every year, and that one in four sexually active teenagers would have a STD by the time they were 21. In November 1997, they also made the connection between contraception …show more content…
Gresle´-Favier, 2013, writes that “Sexual abstinence before marriage education, commonly known as abstinence-only education, teaches sexual abstinence before marriage as the only means of preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). As for contraception/ protection (birth control or condoms), this is only alluded to in order to underline the failure rates of these methods.” And at 16-22 these youths, given the accurate information can and will make their own decisions, doesn’t it make more sense to give them accurate information for which to base those decisions? “Western views of human rights have traditionally recognized the rights of individuals to lead their lives as they see fit, as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others. In this framework, individuals are considered able to make rational decisions and as being the best judges of their own interests. This agency has, traditionally, not been accorded to children who are considered not rational and mature enough to act in their own best interests. This approach of childhood has been increasingly challenged in the past decades as children have been growingly considered as competent social agents.” (Archard 1993). Also the adults aged 18-22, are just that, adults, there is no logical …show more content…
In her article Beadle, 2012, writes “Mississippi does not require sex education in schools, but when it is taught, abstinence-only education is the state standard. New Mexico, which has the second highest teen birth rate, does not require sex ed and has no requirements on what should be included when it is taught. New Hampshire, on the other hand, requires comprehensive sex education in schools that includes abstinence and information about condoms and contraception.” It is notable that Mississippi continues to have the highest number of teen pregnancies and New Hampshire has the