Parents outraged at condom dispensers in high schools in Philadelphia

[The Straight Story]

Parents outraged at condom dispensers in high schools in Philadelphia

1/3rd of public high schools in Philadelphia will soon see free condom dispensers as part of a pilot program aimed at cutting the rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people.

The schools in the trial program are those with the highest rates of STDs.

Philly.com reports, “The city is installing the clear plastic dispensers in nurses' offices at 22 high schools that have some of the highest reported rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the area.

The dispensers are part of a pilot program that has sparked outrage among some parents in Philadelphia, who worry that free condoms will encourage their teens to engage in sex.

But city officials argue that teens will have sex whether or not condoms are easily accessible.

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You can't stop it so do something to make it safer.

One could say the same about the war on drugs (not saying we should have pot handed out in schools so kids won't have to go to drug dealers - but the overall message is similar, thinking more about ending the war on drugs here for the same reasons - among many other good reasons).

[Downwinder]

1. More like a needle exchange.

[love_katz]

2. Idiot parents.

Why are these people not up in arms about STD's or teen pregnancies?

They just don't get it.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Do they want the kids to go to the nurse to get them???

My HS sex ed teacher announced to us on Day One, "I know more than half of you are already engaging in sexual relations and the other half is rapidly on its way. My job is give you information so you remain disease-free and baby-free and nothing's an accident."

That was 1975.

Kids are ready for rubbers in the bathroom today.